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The Breastpiece

Exodus 39:15

In 11 translations

BSB
For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
KJV
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
WEB
They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
ASV
And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.
LSV
And they make wreathed chains on the breastplate, [the] work of thick bands of pure gold;
YLT
And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;
DBY
And they made on the breastplate chains of laced work of wreathen work, of pure gold.
DRC
They made also in the rational little chains linked one to another of the purest gold,
GNV
After, they made vpon the brest plate cheines at the endes, of wrethen worke and pure golde.
JPS
And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen work of pure gold.
LXXE36:22
And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃
LXX-Br36:22
Καὶ ἐποίησαν ἐπὶ τὸ λογεῖον κρωσσοὺς συμπεπλεγμένους, ἔργον ἐμπλοκίου, ἐκ χρυσίου καθαροῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  • 2 Chronicles 3:5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
  • 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
  • John 17:12While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
  • Song of Songs 1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
  • Exodus 28:14and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 36:22 in some Bibles
  • 39:15 in most Bibles

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