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A Warning to the Daughters of Zion

Isaiah 3:21

In 11 translations

BSB
their signet rings and nose rings;
KJV
The rings, and nose jewels,
WEB
the signet rings, the nose rings,
ASV
the rings, and the nose-jewels;
LSV
Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,
YLT
Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,
DBY
the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;
DRC
And rings, and jewels hanging on the forehead,
GNV
The rings and the mufflers,
JPS
the rings, and the nose-jewels;
LXXE
and the garments with scarlet borders, and the garments with purple grounds,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הַטַּבָּע֖וֹת וְנִזְמֵ֥י הָאָֽף׃
LXX-Br
καὶ τὰ περιπόρφυρα, καὶ τὰ μεσοπόρφυρα,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 24:47Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  • 1 Peter 3:3–4Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is…
  • Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
  • 1 Timothy 2:9–10Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, as is proper for women…
  • Ezekiel 16:12I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
  • Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
  • Song of Songs 5:14His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
  • Esther 8:12The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  • James 2:2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.

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