Exodus 39:9

Exodus 39:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
• New International Version (NIV)It was square—a span long and a span wide—and folded double.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth when doubled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled.

Context of Exodus 39:9

7He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, to be memorial stones for Bnei-Yisrael, as Adonai commanded Moses. 8He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful craftsman, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen. It was square and folded doubled, a span long and a span wide. 10They mounted within it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz and emerald were the first row. 11In the second row were a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond.

Exodus 39:9 word by word

רָב֧וּעַ הָיָ֛ה כָּפ֖וּל עָשׂ֣וּ אֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן זֶ֧רֶת אָרְכּ֛וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּ֖וֹ כָּפֽוּל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It was foursquareרָבַעrâba‛ · to squareH7251
• they madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• the breastplateחֹ֫שֶׁןchôshen · breastpieceH2833
• doubleכָּפַלkâphal · to doubleH3717
• a spanזֶ֫רֶתzereth · spanH2239
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341

Commentaries on Exodus 39:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31See Exodus 28:1–43.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-431-2. cloths of service--official robes. The ephod of the high priest, the robe of the ephod, the girdle of needlework, and the embroidered coat were all of fine linen; for on no material less delicate could such elaborate symbolical figures have been portrayed in embroidery, and all beautified with the same brilliant colors. (See on Ex 28:1-43).Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 39:9

• Engraving
• Ephod
• Priest
• Span
• Stones

In the dictionaries

• Beat
• Breastplate
• Atonement, Day of
• Badger
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Foursquare
• Genesis
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Exodus 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings