Exodus 30:2 — Compare Translations

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A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

English Amplified

A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its breadth; its top shall be square and it shall be two cubits high. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its breadth; its top shall be square and it shall be two cubits high. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

It must be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide; it must be thirty-six inches high. Its horns must be of one piece with it.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof square shall it be; and two cubits its height; of itself shall be its horns.

English EASY 2024

The altar must be square. Make it 45 centimetres long, 45 centimetres wide and 90 centimetres high. The altar's horns must be part of it, made from one piece of wood.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You must make the altar square—1 cubit long and 1 cubit wide. It must be 2 cubits high. There will be horns at the four corners. These horns must be made as one piece with the altar.

A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

It is to be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide, and it is to be 36 inches high. Its projections at the four corners are to form one piece with it.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high. The horns and altar must be made out of one piece {of wood}.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

It must be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it must be 36 inches high. Its horns must be of one piece.

English KJV 1611

A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

English LSB

Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of the same piece.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

It must be one cubit in length, and its width one cubit. It will be square. Its height will be two cubits; the horns shall be of one piece with it.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

with a square surface, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high, with horns that spring directly from it.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Its length is to be a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, with its horns of one piece with it.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

It must be one foot six inches square and three feet high. Make a horn stick out from each of its upper four corners.

English NIV

It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high -its horns of one piece with it.

English NKJ 1982

A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.

English NLT

It must be eighteen inches square and three feet high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

It shall be one cubit long, and one cubit wide; it shall be square, and shall be two cubits high; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth; it shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

It is to be eighteen inches square and three feet high, with horns carved from the wood of the altar—they are not to be merely separate parts that are attached.

English Tyndale 1537

a cubit long, and a cubit broad, even foursquare shall it be and two cubits, high: with horns proceeding out of it,