Exodus 39:9

In 11 translations

BSB

It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.The breastpiece, when folded over, was approximately 9 inches or 22.9 centimeters in both length and width.

KJV

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

WEB

It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)

ASV

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

LSV

it has been square; they have made the breastplate double, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Foursquare, double, of the measure of a span.

GNV

They made the brest plate double, and it was square, an hand breadth long, and an hand breadth broad: it was also double.

JPS

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

LXXE36:16

They made the oracle square and double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span,—double.

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Original-language editions

WLC

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

LXX-Br36:16

τετράγωνον διπλοῦν ἐπόησαν τὸ λογεῖον· σπιθαμῆς τὸ μῆκος, καὶ σπιθαμῆς τὸ εὖρος διπλοῦν.

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