KJV King James Version
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
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Isaiah 3:23
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.
WEB World English Bible
the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.
ASV American Standard Version
the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 3
20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
21 The rings, and nose jewels,
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
24 And it shall come to pass, [that] instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; [and] burning instead of beauty.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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Revelation 19:14And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.Exodus 38:8And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.Revelation 19:8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.Song of Solomon 5:7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:1 Chronicles 15:27And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen.Ruth 3:15Also he said, Bring the vail that [thou hast] upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her: and she went into the city.Genesis 24:65For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.Ezekiel 16:10I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.Genesis 41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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