Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span in length and one span in width when folded double.
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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;
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 He made a breast piece, skillfully worked, like the work of the ephod: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen. 9 They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span in length and one span in width when folded double. 10 They mounted on it four rows of stones. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;