Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

His hands, cylinders of gold, set with topaz, - His body, wrought work of ivory, covered with sapphires:

New American Standard Bible

“His hands are rods of gold
Set with beryl;
His abdomen is carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.

King James Version

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Holman Bible

His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is an ivory panel
covered with sapphires.

International Standard Version

His hands are rods of gold, set with beryl. His stomach is carved ivory, inlaid with sapphires.

American Standard Version

His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: His body is as ivory work overlaid with'sapphires.

Amplified


“His hands are rods of gold
Set with beryl;
His abdomen is a figure of carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.

Bible in Basic English

His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires.

Darby Translation

His hands gold rings, set with the chrysolite; His belly is bright ivory, overlaid with sapphires;

Julia Smith Translation

His hands rings of gold completed in Tarshish: his bowels wrought ivory covered over with sapphires.

King James 2000

His arms are as rounded gold set with beryl: his body is as carved ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His arms [are] {rods} of gold {engraved with} jewels; his belly [is] polished ivory covered with sapphires.

Modern King James verseion

His hands are like rings of gold filled with jewels; His body an ivory plate overlaid with sapphires.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His hands are like gold rings, having enclosed the precious stone of Tarshish; His body is as the pure ivory, decked over with Sapphires.

NET Bible

His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires.

New Heart English Bible

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

Webster

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

World English Bible

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

Youngs Literal Translation

His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

are as gold
זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

גּליל 
Galiyl 
Usage: 4

set
מלא מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 251

with the beryl
תּרשׁישׁ 
Tarshiysh 
Usage: 7

מעה 
me`ah 
Usage: 32

is as bright
עשׁת 
`esheth 
Usage: 1

שׁן 
Shen 
Usage: 55

עלף 
`alaph 
Usage: 5

Context Readings

Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved

13 His cheeks, like a raised bed of balsam, growing plants of perfume, - His lips, lilies, dripping with myrrh distilling: 14 His hands, cylinders of gold, set with topaz, - His body, wrought work of ivory, covered with sapphires: 15 His legs, pillars of white marble, founded on sockets of gold, - His form, like Lebanon, choice as cedars:

Cross References

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel, - and under his feet, like a pavement of sapphire, and like the very heavens for brightness; and

Isaiah 54:11

O thou humbled one storm-tossed, uncomforted, - Lo! I, am about to set in antimony, thy stones, And will found thee in sapphires;

Exodus 15:6

Thy right hand, O Yahweh is splendid in power, - Thy right hand, O Yahweh dasheth in pieces a foe;

Exodus 28:20

and the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper, - enclosed with gold, shall they be when they are set.

Exodus 39:13

and the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper, - enclosed in ouches of gold, when they were set

Psalm 44:4-7

Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.

Psalm 99:4

Yea, with the strength of a king - justice, he loveth, - Thou, hast established equity, Justice and righteousness in Jacob, thou, hast wrought.

Song of Songs 7:2

Thy navel, is a round bowl, may it not lack spiced wine! Thy body, a heap of wheat fenced about with lilies;

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of dominion, and of prosperity, There shall be no end - Upon the throne of David and Upon his kingdom, By establishing it and By sustaining it, With justice and With righteousness, - From henceforth, Even unto times age-abiding: The jealousy of Yahweh of hosts, will perform this!

Isaiah 52:13

Lo! my Servant, prospereth, - He riseth, and is lifted up, and becometh very high:

Ezekiel 1:16

The appearance of the wheels and of their structure was like a Tarshish-stone to look upon, and they four had one likeness, - and their appearance and their structure were just as would be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.

Ezekiel 1:26-28

And above the expanse that was over their heads, as the appearance of a sapphire stone, was the likeness of a throne, - and upon the likeness of a throne, was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.

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