Jeremiah 52:23
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.
Other Translations of Jeremiah 52:23
King James Version
23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
English Standard Version
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.
The Message
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates evenly spaced - in all, a hundred pomegranates worked into the filigree.
New King James Version
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred.
New Living Translation
23 There were 96Â pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100Â pomegranates on the network around the top.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:23
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23
(Read Jeremiah 52:12-23)
The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.