Exodus 37:20
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
Exodus 37:20 in other translations
| BSB | And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals. |
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| WEB | In the lamp stand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers; |
| ASV | And in the candlestick were 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, |
| DARBY | And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers; |
| BBE | And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower; |
| Webster | And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers: |
What does Exodus 37:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 37:17-22
17-22. he made the candlestick of pure gold--Practical readers will be apt to say, "Why do such works with the hammer, when they could have been cast so much easier--a process they were well acquainted with?" The only answer that can be given is, that it was done according to order. We have no doubt but there were reasons for so distinctive an order, something significant, which has not been revealed to us [Napier]…
Exodus 37:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 37:20
- Numbers 17:8
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
- Jeremiah 1:11
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
- 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.
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Context
- Exodus 37:19
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 37:20
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
- Exodus 37:21
And 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 going out of it.
Exodus 37:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y en el candelero había cuatro copas figura de almendras, sus manzanas y sus flores: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il y avait 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 vecte erant quatuor scyphi in nucis modum, sphærulæque per singulos simul et lilia: |