Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz and emerald;

King James Version

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

Holman Bible

Place a setting of gemstones on it, four rows of stones:

The first row should be
a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

International Standard Version

You are to mount on it a setting for four rows of stones. The first row is to contain carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

A Conservative Version

And thou shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row,

American Standard Version

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

Amplified

You shall mount on it four rows of stones: the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

Bible in Basic English

And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

Darby Translation

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald the first row;

Julia Smith Translation

And fill in it a filling of stone, four rows of stone: the row, a ruby, topaz, and emerald, the one row.

King James 2000

And you shall set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you will fill it [with] stone mounting, four rows [of] stone, a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald [is] the first row;

Modern King James verseion

And you shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones. The first row shall be a ruby, topaz, and carbuncle in the row.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou shalt fill it with four rows of stones. In the first row shall be a Sardius, a Topaz and Smaragdus.

NET Bible

You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl -- the first row;

New Heart English Bible

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

The Emphasized Bible

And thou shalt set therein a setting of stones, four rows of stones, - one row - a sardius, a topaz and an emerald, the first row;

Webster

And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

World English Bible

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

Youngs Literal Translation

And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle is the first row;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thou shalt set
מלא מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 251

in it settings
מלּאה 
Millu'ah 
Usage: 3

ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318

טוּר 
Tuwr 
row
Usage: 26

the first row
טוּר 
Tuwr 
row
Usage: 26

shall be a sardius
אדם 
'odem 
Usage: 3

a topaz
פּטדה 
Pitdah 
Usage: 4

and a carbuncle
בּרקת בּרקת 
Bareqeth 
Usage: 3

this shall be the first
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

Context Readings

The Breastpiece

16 It shall be square and folded double, a span in length and a span in width. 17 You shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz and emerald; 18 and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond;


Cross References

Ezekiel 28:13

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.

Exodus 28:9

You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

Exodus 28:11

As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.

Exodus 39:10-21

And they mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

Job 28:18-19

“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls.

Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than jewels;
And nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 8:11

“For wisdom is better than jewels;
And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and an abundance of jewels;
But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing.

Proverbs 31:10

An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.

Isaiah 54:11-12

“O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.

Lamentations 4:7

Her consecrated ones were purer than snow,
They were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than corals,
Their polishing was like lapis lazuli.

Malachi 3:17

“They will be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”

Revelation 21:19-21

The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

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