Exodus 38 · Verse 11

Exodus 38:11

And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus 38:11, King James Version

Exodus 38:11 in other translations

BSBThe north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
WEBFor the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
ASVAnd for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
YLTand at the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars are twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets are silver;
DARBYAnd on the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.
BBEAnd for the north side. hangings a hundred cubits long, on twenty brass pillars in brass bases, with silver hooks and bands.
WebsterAnd for the north side, the hangings were a hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty: the hooks of the pillars, and their filets, of silver.

What does Exodus 38:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. sockets--mortices or holes in which the end of the pillars stood.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 38:9-20

The walls of the court being of curtains only, intimated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged, and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world.

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Exodus 38:11 in the original Hebrew

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וְלִפְאַ֤תve.lif.'Atand for [the] side ofH6285
צָפוֹן֙tza.fOn[the] northH6828
מֵאָ֣הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
בָֽאַמָּ֔הva.'a.Mahby the cubitH520
עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם'a.mu.dei.Hempillars theirH5982
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥םve.'ad.nei.Hemand bases theirH134
עֶשְׂרִ֖ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shet[were] bronzeH5178
וָוֵ֧יva.Vei[the] hooks ofH2053
הָֽעַמּוּדִ֛יםha.'a.mu.Dimthe pillarsH5982
וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖םva.cha.shu.kei.Hemand bands theirH2838
כָּֽסֶף\׃Ka.sef[were] silverH3701

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

Context

  • Exodus 38:10

    Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

  • Exodus 38:11

    And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

  • Exodus 38:12

    And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

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Exodus 38:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á la parte del aquilón cortinas de cien codos: sus columnas veinte, con sus veinte basas de metal; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et pour le côté du nord, 100 coudées, leurs 20 piliers, et leurs 20 bases d’airain; les crochets des piliers et leurs baguettes d’attache, d’argent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und an der Nordseite hundert Ellen; ihre zwanzig Säulen und ihre zwanzig Füße von Erz, die Haken der Säulen und ihre Bindestäbe von Silber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Æque ad septentrionalem plagam tentoria columnæ, basesque et capita columnarum ejusdem mensuræ, et operis ac metalli, erant.