Exodus 39:4
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
Exodus 39:4 in other translations
| BSB | They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened. |
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| WEB | They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. It was joined together at the two ends. |
| ASV | They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together. |
| YLT | shoulder-pieces they have made for it, joining; at its two ends it is joined. |
| DARBY | They made shoulder-pieces for it, joining it: at its two ends was it joined together. |
| BBE | And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms. |
| Webster | They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. |
What does Exodus 39:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 39:1-31
The priests' garments were rich and splendid. The church in its infancy was thus taught by shadows of good things to come; but the substance is Christ, and the grace of the gospel. Christ is our great High Priest. When he undertook the work of our redemption, he put on the clothes of service, he arrayed himself with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, girded himself with resolution to go through the undertaking…
Exodus 39:4 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Exodus 39:3
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
- Exodus 39:4
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
- Exodus 39:5
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hiciéronle las hombreras que se juntasen; y uníanse en sus dos lados. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils y firent des épaulières qui l’assemblaient; il était joint par ses deux bouts. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie machten zusammenfügende Schulterstücke daran: an seinen beiden Enden wurde es zusammengefügt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | duasque oras sibi invicem copulatas in utroque latere summitatum, |