Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;
New American Standard Bible
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span
King James Version
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
Holman Bible
They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
International Standard Version
They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span in length and one span in width when folded double.
A Conservative Version
It was foursquare. They made the breastplate double; a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being double.
American Standard Version
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
Amplified
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a [hand’s] span long and a [hand’s] span wide when folded double.
Darby Translation
It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.
Julia Smith Translation
It was four-square; they made the breast-plate double: a span its length, and a span its breadth; double.
King James 2000
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being doubled.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It was squared; they made the breast piece doubled; its length [was] a span, and its width [was] a span [when] doubled.
Modern King James verseion
it was square. They made the breast-pocket double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, doubled.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they made it four square and double, a hand breadth long and a hand breadth broad.
NET Bible
It was square -- they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.
New Heart English Bible
It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
The Emphasized Bible
Foursquare, it was doubled, made they the breastpiece, - a span, was the length thereof, and, a span, the breadth thereof, doubled.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
Youngs Literal Translation
it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.
Themes
Breastplate » For the high priest » Form and dimensions of
Engraving » On the stones set in the priest's breastplate
Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » The making of
Priest » The time of moses » Vestments of
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » Vestments of
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 39:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Making Garments For Priests
8 The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red. 9 It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand; 10 And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;