Exodus 28:18

¹⁶ Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

¹⁷ 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.

And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

¹⁹ And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

²⁰ And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
KJV: And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
WEB: and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
ASV: and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
DARBY: and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;
BLB: and the second row [is] turquoise, sapphire, and diamond;

ÅB: I den annen rad skal det være en karfunkel, en safir og en diamant,
OTB: den andre raden skal være turkis, safir og diamant;
B1930: I den annen rad skal det være en karfunkel, en safir og en diamant,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
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Job 28:6
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
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Exodus 39:11
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
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Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
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Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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Ezekiel 1:26
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
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Ezekiel 10:1
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
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Revelation 4:3
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
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