Exodus 39:9
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
Exodus 39:9 in other translations
| BSB | It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide. |
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| WEB | It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double. |
| ASV | It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double. |
| YLT | it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled. |
| DARBY | It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled. |
| BBE | It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand; |
| 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. |
What does Exodus 39:9 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 39:9 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Exodus 39:8
And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- Exodus 39:9
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
- Exodus 39:10
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
Exodus 39:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Era cuadrado: doblado hicieron el racional: su longitud era de un palmo, y de un palmo su anchura, doblado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il était carré; ils firent le pectoral double; sa longueur d’un empan, et sa largeur d’un empan, double; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es war quadratförmig; das Brustschild machten sie gedoppelt, eine Spanne seine Länge und eine Spanne seine Breite, gedoppelt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quadrangulum, duplex, mensuræ palmi. |