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1 Kings 7:23

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23He also made the molteng sea, ten cubits in diameter,h and five cubits was its height. A measuring line of thirty cubits would encircle it all around.

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  1. gThat is, cast from molten bronze
  2. hLiterally “from its edge up to its edge, round all around”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He made the cast metal basin, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet high and 45 feet in circumference.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7½ feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.