וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ שְׁתֵּי֙ הָעֲבֹתֹ֣ת הַזָּהָ֔ב עַל שְׁתֵּ֖י הַטַּבָּעֹ֑ת עַל קְצ֖וֹת הַחֹֽשֶׁן
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
World English Bible · Public Domain
Exodus 39:17
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 39:17 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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King James Version Public Domain
And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they attached the two chains of gold to the rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
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King James Version Public Domain
And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And they put ye two wrethe cheines of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the brest plate.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
On which rings the two golden chains should hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out in the corners of the ephod.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the corners of the breastpiece.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they attached the two chains of gold to the rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And they put the two wreathen [cords] of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breast-plate.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
They attached the two gold chains to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece,
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And they put the two twisted chains on the two rings at the ends of the priest's bag;
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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הָעֲבֹתֹ֣ת
ʻăbôth
H5688
“the · ropes”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute
- Appears 24× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Exodus 28:14
- Part of Speech
- Particle + Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Both
- Number
- Plural
- State
- Absolute
Full BDB Definition
cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliage
- cord, rope, cordage, chain
- interwoven foliage
- וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ nâthan H5414 “and · to give” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
- שְׁתֵּי֙ shᵉnayim H8147 “two” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Dual, Construct
- הָעֲבֹתֹ֣ת ʻăbôth H5688 “the · ropes” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute
- הַזָּהָ֔ב zâhâb H2091 “the · gold” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
- שְׁתֵּ֖י shᵉnayim H8147 “two” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Dual, Construct
- הַטַּבָּעֹ֑ת ṭabbaʻath H2885 “the · signet rings” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
- עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
- קְצ֖וֹת qâtsâh H7098 “ends of” Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
- הַחֹֽשֶׁן chôshen H2833 “the · breastplate” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 10
- words
- 8
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is הָעֲבֹתֹ֣ת rope H5688 — appearing just 24 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
הָעֲבֹתֹ֣ת rope H5688 occurs in 23 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 1 verb
- 5 nouns
- 2 adjectives
- 2 prepositions
Verb forms
- וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 11 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter here. See the side-by-side →
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 10 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably shorter than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 11 words vs World English Bible 18. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
καί ὁ τράπεζα ὁ πρόθεσις καί πᾶς ὁ αὐτός σκεῦος καί ὁ ἄρτος ὁ προκεῖμαι
and its lamps, lamps for burning, and oil for the light,
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וִיהָבוּ תַּרְתֵּין גְדִילָתָא דִדְהַב עַל תַּרְתֵּין עִזְקָתָא עַל סִטְרֵי חוּשְׁנָא:
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וִיהָבוּ תַּרְתֵּין קְלִיעָן דִּדְהַב עַל תַּרְתֵּין עִיזְקָתָא עַל צִטְרֵי חוּשְׁנָא
And they put the two entwinements of gold within the two rings upon the two sides of the breastplate,
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 10 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻăbôth (“rope”). The Greek Septuagint runs shorter here. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word ʻăbôth carries the sense “rope.” How does it shape the verse?
- Exodus 28:14 shares the word «rope» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “two” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- Compared with the Hebrew, the Septuagint runs shorter here. What questions does that raise?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- The verb «וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Things to notice
- This verse counts 10 Hebrew ↔ 15 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
- “two” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 10 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 39:17 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
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