Exodus 39:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
It was square--a span long and a span wide--and folded double.

New Living Translation
He made the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square.

English Standard Version
It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth when doubled.

Berean Study Bible
It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

New American Standard Bible
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded double.

NASB 1995
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded double.

NASB 1977
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded double.

Amplified Bible
It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a [hand’s] span long and a [hand’s] span wide when folded double.

Christian Standard Bible
They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

Contemporary English Version
It was 22 centimeters square and folded double

Good News Translation
It was square and folded double, 9 inches long and 9 inches wide.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It was folded in half and was 9 inches square.

International Standard Version
They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span in length and one span in width when folded double.

NET Bible
It was square--they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

New King James Version
They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled.

King James 2000 Bible
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being 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.

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

American 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.

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.

A Faithful Version
It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span and its breadth a span when doubled.

Darby Bible Translation
It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.

English Revised Version
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They made the brest plate double, & it was square, an hand breadth long, & an hand breadth broad: it was also double.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
It was foure square: and they made the brestlap double, an hande breadth long, and an hande breadth brode.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
so that it was foure square & dubble, an hande bredth longe and brode,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And they made it .iiij. square ad double, an hade bredth longe and an hande bredth brode.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
it has been square; they have made the breastplate double, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

Young's Literal Translation
it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

Smith's Literal Translation
It was four-square; they made the breast-plate double: a span its length, and a span its breadth; double.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Foursquare, double, of the measure of a span.

Catholic Public Domain Version
with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
It was square and doubled and they made the breastplate a handbreadth in its length, a handbreadth its width, being doubled.

Lamsa Bible
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double; a span was its length and a span its breadth, being doubled.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They made the oracle square and double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, - double.
















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