KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The 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.
WEB World English Bible
The sockets for the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and 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.
Surrounding context — Exodus 38
14 The hangings of the one side [of the gate were] fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, [were] hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 All the hangings of the court round about [were] of fine twined linen.
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.
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.
19 And their pillars [were] four, and their sockets [of] brass four; their hooks [of] silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets [of] silver.
20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, [were of] brass.
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וְהָאֲדָנִ֣יםH134 · e.densocketלָֽעַמֻּדִים֮H5982 · am.mudpillarנְחֹשֶׁת֒H5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeוָוֵ֨יH2053 · vavhookהָֽעַמּוּדִ֜יםH5982 · am.mudpillarוַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם֙H2838 · cha.shuqringכֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְצִפּ֥וּיH6826 · tsip.puyplatingרָאשֵׁיהֶ֖םH7218 · roshheadכָּ֑סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְהֵם֙H1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣יםH2836 · cha.shaqto desireכֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallעַמֻּדֵ֥יH5982 · am.mudpillarהֶחָצֵֽר׃H2691 · cha.tsercourt
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