Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. A line of thirty cubits would encircle it completely.
2 Chronicles 4:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Under it were figures of bulls all around, each of ten cubits, surrounding the sea; there were two rows of bulls, cast when it was cast. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Under it were figures of oxen encircling it, ten to a cubit. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece with it. American Standard Version (1901) And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast. Common English Bible Under the rim were two rows of oxlike figures completely encircling it, ten every eighteen inches, each cast in its mold. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, under it there was the likeness of oxen. And certain engravings encircled the cavity of the sea, along ten cubits of the outside, as if in two rows. Now the oxen were molten. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And under it there was the likeness of oxen; and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows. |
Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. A line of thirty cubits would encircle it completely.
It stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set on them. The hindquarters of each were toward the inside.
As for the appearance of their faces: the four had the face of a human being, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle;
Each one had four faces: the first face was that of the cherub, the second face was that of a human, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
You shall march around the city, all the warriors circling the city once. Thus you shall do for six days,
the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with a face like a human, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle.