Exodus 38 · Verse 17

Exodus 38:17

And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
Exodus 38:17, King James Version

Exodus 38:17 in other translations

BSBThe bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
WEBThe sockets for the pillars were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. Their capitals were overlaid with silver. All the pillars of the court had silver bands.
ASVAnd the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
YLTand the sockets for the pillars of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court are filleted with silver.
DARBYand the bases of the pillars of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with rods of silver.
BBEAnd the bases of the pillars were of brass; their hooks and the bands round the tops of them were of silver; all the pillars were ringed with silver.
WebsterAnd the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

What does Exodus 38:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. chapiters--or capitals of the pillars, were wooden posts which ran along their top, to which were attached the hooks for the hangings.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 The hooks - and their fillets - The capitals, and the silver bands that went round them; see Clarke's note on Exo 26:32.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 38:17 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָאֲדָנִ֣יםve.ha.'a.da.Nimand the basesH134
לָֽעַמֻּדִים֮la.'a.mu.Dimfor the pillarsH5982
נְחֹשֶׁת֒ne.cho.Shet[were] bronzeH5178
וָוֵ֨יva.Vei[the] hooks ofH2053
הָֽעַמּוּדִ֜יםha.'a.mu.Dimthe pillarsH5982
וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם֙va.cha.shu.kei.Hemand bands theirH2838
כֶּ֔סֶףKe.sef[were] silverH3701
וְצִפּ֥וּיve.tzi.Puiand [the] overlay ofH6826
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖םra.shei.Hemtops theirH7218
כָּ֑סֶףKa.sef[was] silverH3701
וְהֵם֙ve.Hemand theyH1992
מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣יםme.chu.sha.Kim[were] furnished with bandsH2836
כֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefsilverH3701
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
עַמֻּדֵ֥י'a.mu.Dei[the] pillars ofH5982
הֶחָצֵֽר\׃he.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691

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

Context

  • Exodus 38:16

    All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

  • Exodus 38:17

    And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

  • Exodus 38:18

    And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

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Exodus 38:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y las basas de las columnas eran de metal; los capiteles de las columnas y sus molduras, de plata; asimismo las cubiertas de las cabezas de ellas, de plata: y todas las columnas del atrio tenían molduras de plata.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les bases des piliers, d’airain; les crochets des piliers et leurs baguettes d’attache, d’argent; et le plaqué de leurs chapiteaux, d’argent; et tous les piliers du parvis avaient des baguettes d’attache en argent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Füße der Säulen von Erz, die Haken der Säulen und ihre Bindestäbe von Silber und der Überzug ihrer Köpfe von Silber; und die Säulen des Vorhofs waren alle mit Bindestäben von Silber versehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Bases columnarum fuere æneæ, capita autem earum cum cunctis cælaturis suis argentea: sed et ipsas columnas atrii vestivit argento.