Verse Comparison: Exodus 28:32
American Standard Version
And it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it be not rent.
Amplified® Bible
There shall be a hole in the center of it [to slip over the head], with a binding of woven work around the hole, like the opening in a coat of mail {or} a garment, that it may not fray {or} tear.
Contemporary English Version
with an opening in the center for his head. Be sure to bind the material around the collar to keep it from raveling.
Darby English Version
And its opening for the head shall be in the midst thereof; there shall be a binding of woven work at its opening round about; as the opening of a coat of mail, it shall be in it -- it shall not rend.
Good News Bible
It is to have a hole for the head, and this hole is to be reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing.
King James Version
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
New American Standard Bible
"There shall be an opening at its top in the middle of it; around its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.
New International Version
with an opening for the head in its center. There shall be a woven edge like a collar around this opening, so that it will not tear.
New King James Version
There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" You shall have an opening at its top in the middle of it; around its opening you shall display a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not tear.
Revised Standard Version
It shall have in it an opening for the head, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, that it may not be torn.
Young's Literal Translation
and the opening for its head hath been in its midst, a border is to its opening round about, work of a weaver, as the opening of a habergeon there is to it; it is not rent.
