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 doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth. 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 an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Cross References

Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire,emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. 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 signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.

Exodus 39:10-21

And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

Job 28:18-19

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.

Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

Proverbs 8:11

for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 31:10

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Isaiah 54:11-12

"O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Lamentations 4:7

Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, the beauty of their form was like sapphire.

Malachi 3:17

"They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

Revelation 21:19-21

The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

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