| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height. | 1He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. |
| 2Then he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. | 2Then he made the cast metal reservoir, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7 1/2 feet high and 45 feet in circumference. |
| 3And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast. | 3The likeness of oxen was below it, completely encircling it, 10 every half yard, completely surrounding the reservoir. The oxen were cast in two rows when the reservoir was cast. |
| 4It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. | 4It stood on 12 oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The reservoir was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. |
| 5It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained three thousand baths. | 5The reservoir was three inches thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold 11,000 gallons. |
| 6He also made ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in. | 6He made 10 basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the reservoir was used by the priests for washing. |
| 7And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. | 7He made the 10 gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. |
| 8He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold. | 8He made 10 tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made 100 gold bowls. |
| 9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze. | 9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. |
| 10He set the Sea on the right side, toward the southeast. | 10He put the reservoir on the right side, toward the southeast. |
| 11Then Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God: | 11Then Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God's temple: |
| 12the two pillars and the bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars; | 12two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars; |
| 13four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars); | 13the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals' bowls on top of the pillars). |
| 14he also made carts and the lavers on the carts; | 14He also made the water carts and the basins on the water carts. |
| 15one Sea and twelve oxen under it; | 15The one reservoir and the 12 oxen underneath it, |
| 16also the pots, the shovels, the forks—and all their articles Huram his master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. | 16the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils--Huram-abi made them for King Solomon for the LORD's temple. All these were made of polished bronze. |
| 17In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zeredah. | 17The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. |
| 18And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined. | 18Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined. |
| 19Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was the showbread; | 19Solomon also made all the equipment in God's temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the bread of the Presence; |
| 20the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary, | 20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications; |
| 21with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold, of purest gold; | 21the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs--of purest gold; |
| 22the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold. | 22the wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles, and firepans--of purest gold; and the entryway to the temple, its inner doors to the most holy place, and the doors of the temple sanctuary--of gold. |
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