Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and put a chain of gold around his neck.
Psalm 73:6 - Tree of Life Version Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; Violence covereth them as a garment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore pride is about their necks like a chain; violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe]. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. Common English Bible That’s why they wear arrogance like a necklace, why violence covers them like clothes. Catholic Public Domain Version they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version they have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down. |
Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and put a chain of gold around his neck.
Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, elevating him and setting his chair above all the officials who were with him.
He wore cursing like his robe, until it filled his belly like water, and his bones like oil.
My accusers will be clothed in disgrace, and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
For they are a garland of grace for your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
When the sentence against a crime is not swiftly carried out, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride— you captivated me with one of your eyes, with one jewel from your necklace.
Moab has been at ease since his youth. He has settled like wine on its dregs. He has not been emptied from jar to jar, nor gone into exile. Therefore he retains his flavor, and his aroma has not changed.
We have heard of the pride of Moab —very proud he is—his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his self-exalted heart.
I adorned you with jewelry, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace on your neck.
Immediately the word about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
Thus said Adonai about the prophets who are misleading My people, those who bite with their teeth and cry “Shalom”—a word that He did not put in their mouth— yet they consecrate war against him:
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— you got fat, you grew thick, you gorged! He forsook God who made him. He mocked the Rock of his salvation.
Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
So the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold—besides the crescent ornaments, the pendants and the purple robes that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on their camels’ necks.