Exodus 39:9
“It was foure square, they made the brestplate double: a spanne was the length therof, and a spanne the breadth thereof being doubled.”
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Exodus 39:9 Context
7And hee put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, that they should be stones for a memoriall to the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses. 8¶ And he made the brestplate of cunning worke, like the worke of the Ephod, of gold, blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen. 9It was foure square, they made the brestplate double: a spanne was the length therof, and a spanne the breadth thereof being doubled. 10And they set in it foure rowes of stones: the first row was a Sardius, a Topaz, and a Carbuncle: this was the first row. 11And the second row an Emeraude, a Saphire and a Diamond.
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Other Translations
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span [was] the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, [being] doubled.
- King James Version
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded double.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;
- Basic English Bible
It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.
- Darby Bible
It was foursquare; they made the breast-plate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being doubled.
- Webster's Bible
It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
- World English Bible
it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded double.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;
- Basic English Bible
It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.
- Darby Bible
It was foursquare; they made the breast-plate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being doubled.
- Webster's Bible
It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
- World English Bible
it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible