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The Darby Translation

Exodus 39:17

And they put the two wreathen [cords] of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ephod;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Breastplate;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Breastplate;   Chain;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cloth, Clothing;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Breastplate (1);   Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Breastplate, High Priest's;   Ephod;   Ouches;   Scarlet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ouches;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Priest, High;   Ten Commandments, the;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Breastplate of the high priest;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
King James Version
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Lexham English Bible
And they put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece.
New Century Version
Then they put two gold chains in the two rings at the ends of the chest covering,
New English Translation
They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;
Amplified Bible
Then they put the two twisted cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastpiece.
New American Standard Bible
Then they put the two gold cords in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they put ye two wrethe cheines of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the brest plate.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they put the two gold cords in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.
Complete Jewish Bible
They put the two twisted gold chains in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate
Easy-to-Read Version
They fastened the gold chains to the rings at the corners of the judgment pouch.
English Standard Version
And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.
George Lamsa Translation
And they fastened the two braided chains of gold to the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Good News Translation
They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings
Christian Standard Bible®
Then they attached the two gold cords to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece.
Literal Translation
And they put the two golden cords on the two rings, on the ends of the breast pocket.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ye two wrythen cheynes put they in the two rynges vpon the corners of the brestlappe.
American Standard Version
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
Bible in Basic English
And they put the two twisted chains on the two rings at the ends of the priest's bag;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they put the two chaynes of golde in the two ringes in the corners of the brestlap.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
King James Version (1611)
And they put the two wreathen chaines of golde in the two rings on the ends of the brestplate.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and its lamps, lamps for burning, and oil for the light,
English Revised Version
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
Berean Standard Bible
Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of whiche ryngis twei goldun chaynes hangiden, whiche thei settiden in the hokis, that stonden forth in the corneris of the `cloth on the schuldris.
Young's Literal Translation
and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
Update Bible Version
And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breast-plate.
World English Bible
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
New King James Version
And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
New Living Translation
They tied the two gold cords to the rings on the chestpiece.
New Life Bible
They joined the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breast-piece.
New Revised Standard
and they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they placed the two wreathen chains of gold upon the two rings,-upon the ends of the breastpiece;
Douay-Rheims Bible
On which rings the two golden chains should hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out in the corners of the ephod.
Revised Standard Version
and they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they put the two gold cords in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

Contextual Overview

1 And of the blue and purple and scarlet they made garments of service, for service in the sanctuary, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus. 3 And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it [into] wires, to work it artistically into the blue, and into the purple, and into the scarlet, and into the byssus. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, joining it: at its two ends was it joined together. 5 And the girdle of his ephod, which was on it, was of the same, according to its work, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. 6 And they wrought the onyx stones mounted in enclosures of gold, engraved with the engravings of a seal, according to the names of the sons of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. 8 And he made the breastplate of artistic work, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus. 9 It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: [one] row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald—the first row;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:14 - of wreathen

Cross-References

Genesis 39:2
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:4
And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.
Genesis 39:9
There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Genesis 39:13
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled forth,
Genesis 39:14
that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.
1 Kings 18:17
And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
Psalms 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in [the] way:
Psalms 55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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