The tank rested on the backs of 12 bronze bulls. All 12 of these bulls were looking out, away from the tank. Three were looking north, three east, three south, and three west.
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Easy To Read Version The large bronze tank was 3 inches {\cf2\super [58]} thick. The edge of the large tank was like the edge of a cup. The edge looked like a lily blossom. It could hold about 17,500 gallons. {\cf2\super [59]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Its thickness was a handbreadth; its brim was like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held 3,000 baths (measures). American Standard Version (1901) And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths. Common English Bible The Sea was as thick as the width of a hand. Its rim was shaped like a cup or an open lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths. Catholic Public Domain Version Now its thickness had the measure of the palm of a hand, and its brim was like the lip of a cup, or like the outturned petal of a lily. And it held three thousand measures. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it was like the brim of a cup, or of a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures. |
The tank rested on the backs of 12 bronze bulls. All 12 of these bulls were looking out, away from the tank. Three were looking north, three east, three south, and three west.
The sides of the tank were 3 inches [83] thick. The rim around the tank was like the rim of a cup or like the petals on a flower. The tank held about 11,000 gallons. [84]
The large bronze tank was on top of twelve large statues of bulls. Three bulls looked toward the north. Three bulls looked toward the west. Three bulls looked toward the south. Three bulls looked toward the east. The large bronze tank was on top of these bulls. All the bulls stood with their rear ends to each other and to the center.
Then make a frame 1 handbreadth [182] wide around the table. And put gold trim on the frame.