Exodus 25 · Verse 34

Exodus 25:34

And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
Exodus 25:34, King James Version

Exodus 25:34 in other translations

BSBAnd on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
WEBand in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
ASVand in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
YLT‘And in the candlestick are four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers;
DARBYAnd in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
BBEAnd on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:
WebsterAnd in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like to almonds, with their knobs and their flowers.

What does Exodus 25:34 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 25:31-40

The candlestick represents the light of God's word and Spirit, in and through Christ Jesus, afforded in this dark world to his believing people, to direct their worship and obedience, and to afford them consolations. The church is still dark, as the tabernacle was, in comparison with what it will be in heaven; but the word of God is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19, and a dark place indeed the world would…

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Exodus 25:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖הu.va.me.no.Rahand [will be] on the lampstandH4501
אַרְבָּעָ֣ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702
גְבִעִ֑יםge.vi.'ImcupsH1375
מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔יםme.shu.ka.Dimshaped like almond blossomsH8246
כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָkaf.to.Rei.habulbs itsH3730
וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ\׃u.fe.ra.Chei.haand blossoms itsH6525

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Exodus 25:33

    Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

  • Exodus 25:34

    And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

  • Exodus 25:35

    And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

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Exodus 25:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y en el candelero cuatro copas en forma de almendras, sus manzanas y sus flores.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y aura au chandelier quatre calices en forme de fleur d’amandier, ses pommes et ses fleurs;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und an dem Leuchter vier Kelche, mandelblütenförmig: seine Knäufe und seine Blumen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
in ipso autem candelabro erunt quatuor scyphi in nucis modum, sphærulæque per singulos, et lilia.