9It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.


In Context

6 They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

7 He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

8 He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9 It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.

10 They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;

11 and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

Exodus 39:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span [was] the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, [being] doubled.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

39:9It was square-a span long and a span wide-and folded double.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:9Foursquare, double, of the measure of a span.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:9It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

39:9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:9It was foursquare; they made the breast-plate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being doubled.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:9it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.