As a gem-cutter engraves signets, so you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; you shall mount them in settings of gold filigree.
Exodus 28:17 - New Revised Standard Version You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of carnelian, chrysolite, and emerald shall be the first row; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall set in it four rows of stones: a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle shall be the first row; American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; Common English Bible Set in it four rows of gemstone settings. The first row will be a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald stones. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall set within it four rows of stones. In the first row, there shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones: in the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald: |
As a gem-cutter engraves signets, so you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; you shall mount them in settings of gold filigree.
It shall be square and doubled, a span in length and a span in width.
You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their hair like sapphire.
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and worked in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as parents spare their children who serve them.