Exodus 37:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
He made the atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

New Living Translation
Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

English Standard Version
And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

Berean Study Bible
He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

New American Standard Bible
He also made an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

NASB 1995
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

NASB 1977
And he made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.

Amplified Bible
Bezalel made the mercy seat of pure gold; it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.

Christian Standard Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

Contemporary English Version
The entire lid of the chest, which was made of pure gold, was the place of mercy.

Good News Translation
He made a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He made the throne of mercy out of pure gold 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

International Standard Version
He made a Mercy Seat of pure gold two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

NET Bible
He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

New King James Version
He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width.

King James 2000 Bible
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and one cubit and a half the breadth of it.

New Heart English Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was four feet four inches, and two feet seven inches, its breadth.

World English Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

American King James Version
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

American Standard Version
And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

A Faithful Version
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half long, and one cubit and a half wide.

Darby Bible Translation
-- And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

English Revised Version
And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and one cubit and a half the breadth of it.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he made the mercy seate of pure golde: two cubites and a halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and a halfe the breadth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he made ye Mercyseate of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe, and a cubite and a half brode,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he made the mercyseate of pure golde two cubettes and a halfe longe and one cubette and a halfe brode,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he makes a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will make the cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He also made the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, from the finest gold, two and one half cubits in length, and one and one half cubits in width,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he made the Mercy Seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

Lamsa Bible
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length and one cubit and a half its breadth.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he made an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he made the propitiatory over the ark of pure gold,
















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