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Home › Culture › Religion › Bible › Compare › The Sides of the Court of the Tabernacle

The Sides of the Court of the Tabernacle

Translators have to make choices in deciding what words to use the carry the Scriptures from one language to another. In Exodus 27: 9-13, an example of this is shown in regard to naming the four directions. What seems to be a very easy matter turns into something rather complex. These verses, as they appear in the King James (Authorized) Version are quoted below in full. Underlined, bold type is used for the naming of the directions.

The way that forty-three versions, including the KJV, is then stated. The versions are divided into four groups, based on how east is rendered in verse 13.

Versions Compared

  1. AAT – An American Translation (Beck)
  2. AB – Amplified Bible
  3. ASV – American Standard Version
  4. DHB – Darby Holy Bible
  5. EBR – The Emphasized Bible
  6. EVD – English Version for the Deaf
  7. GW – God’s Word
  8. HBME – The Holy Bible in Modern English
  9. HBRV – Holy Bible, Revised Version
  10. HSH – Holy Scriptures (Harkavy)
  11. IB – Interlinear Bible
  12. IV – Inspired Version
  13. JBK – Jerusalem Bible (Koren)
  14. KJV – King James Version
  15. KTC – Knox Translation
  16. LB – Living Bible
  17. LBP – Lamsa Bible
  18. LXX – The Septuagint
  19. MNT – Moffatt New Translation
  20. MRB – Modern Readers Bible
  21. NAB – New American Bible
  22. NAS – New American Standard Version
  23. NBV – New Berkeley Version
  24. NCV – New Century Version
  25. NEB – New English Bible
  26. NIV – New International Version
  27. NJB – New Jerusalem Bible
  28. NJPS – New JPS Version
  29. NKJ – New King James Version
  30. NLT – New Living Translation
  31. NLV – New Life Version
  32. NRS – New Revised Standard Version
  33. NTJ – A New Translation (Jewish)
  34. NWT – New World Translation
  35. REB – Revised English Bible
  36. RSV – Revised Standard Version
  37. SGAT – An American Translation (Smith-Goodspeed)
  38. SISR – The Scriptures (ISR)
  39. SNB – Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible
  40. SSBE – The Sacred Scriptures, Bethel Edition
  41. TEV – Today’s English Version
  42. TJB – The Jerusalem Bible
  43. YLR – Young’s Literal Translation, Revised Edition

 

Exodus 27: 9-13

KJV – And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twilled linen of an hundred cubits long for one side.
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

 

Group One

There is a literal translation of what may be a Hebraism.

south side southward – north side – west side – east side eastward:
ASV, EBR, HBRV, HSH, IB, IV, JBK, KJV, MRB, NTJ, SNB, SSBE, YLR

 

Group Two

The Hebraism is eliminated to avoid repetition for a better English structure.

southern side toward the Negeb – north side – west side – east side:
SGAT

south side – north side – west side – east side:
AB, EVD, LB, LBP, NAB, NAS, NBV, NJPS, NKJ, NLV, SISR, TEV
Footnote: NJPS: Heb. uses two terms for “south.”

south side – north side – west side – to the east:
NRS, RSV

southern side – north side – western side – eastern side:
MNT

south side – north side – west end – east end:
NCV, NLT

 

Group Three





There is a translation of the Hebraism in an English phrase, thus creating a problem.

south side – north side – west side – east end, toward the rising sun:
AAT

to face towards the south – north side – to face the west – to face the east, towards the sun-rise:
HBME

facing the south country, on the southern side – northern side – western side – eastern side facing the sunrise:
TJB

south side facing southwards – north side – west side – on the east, towards the sunrise:
NEB

south side – north side – west end – east end, toward the sunrise:
NIV

south side – north side – west side – east side, facing the sunrise:
NJB

the side toward the Negeb, to the south – north side – west side – on the side toward the sunrising:
NWT

south side facing southwards – north side – west side – east side, towards the sunrise:
REB

south side – north side – west end – east end, facing the rising sun:
GW

 

Group Four

There seems to be a variation of pattern.

south side southward – north side – west side – east side eastward:
DHB
Footnote: DBH: [eastward], Lit. “toward sunrise:” so chapter 38:13.

at the south side of this towards the mid-day sun – north side – on the short side westwards – side which looks eastward:
KTC

south side – side toward the north – toward the west – toward the south:
LXX




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