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The Cherubim

2 Chronicles 3:13

In 11 translations

BSB
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
KJV
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.inward: or, toward the house
WEB
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves out twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
ASV
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
LSV
The wings of these cherubim are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.
YLT
The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.
DBY
The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
DRC
So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.
GNV
The wings of these Cherubims were spread abroade twentie cubites: they stoode on their feete, and their faces were toward the house.
JPS
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
LXXE
And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כַּנְפֵי֙ הַכְּרוּבִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה פֹּֽרְשִׂ֖ים אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וְהֵ֛ם עֹמְדִ֥ים עַל־רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם לַבָּֽיִת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ αἱ πτέρυγες τῶν χερουβὶμ τούτων διαπεπετασμέναι πήχεων εἴκοσι, καὶ αὐτὰ ἑστηκότα ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οἶκον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 25:20And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

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