1 Kings 7:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.”
A short, plain-language explanation of 1 Kings 7:31 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And its mouth within the chapiter and above <FI>is<Fi> by the cubit, and its mouth <FI>is<Fi> round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also on its mouth <FI>are<Fi> carvings and their borders, square, not round.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain