It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
WEB
It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
YLT
it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.
DBT
It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus