1 Kings 8:7

In 11 translations

BSB

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

KJV

For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

WEB

For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

ASV

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

LSV

for the cherubim are spreading forth two wings to the place of the Ark, and the cherubim cover over the Ark, and over its poles from above;

YLT

for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;

DBY

for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

DRC

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the art, and the staves thereof above.

GNV

For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the barres thereof aboue.

JPS

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

LXXE

For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.pass. part. spread out with their wings.

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WLC

כִּ֤י הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם אֶל־מְק֖וֹם הָֽאָר֑וֹן וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים עַל־הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι τὰ χερουβὶμ διαπεπετασμένα ταῖς πτέρυξιν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τῆς κιβωτοῦ· καὶ περιεκάλυπτον τὰ χερουβὶμ ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῆς ἐπάνωθεν.

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