2 Chronicles 5:8

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 wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

WEB

For the cherubim spread out their wings 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

and the cherubim are spreading out wings over the place of the Ark, and the cherubim cover over the Ark, and over its poles, from above;

YLT

and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above;

DBY

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

DRC

So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

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

And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark, and its staves above.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּהְי֤וּ הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם עַל־מְק֖וֹם הָאָר֑וֹן וַיְכַסּ֧וּ הַכְּרוּבִ֛ים עַל־הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἦν τὰ χερουβὶμ διαπεπετακότα τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τῆς κιβωτοῦ, καὶ συνεκάλυπτε τὰ χερουβὶμ ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀναφορεῖς αὐτῆς ἐπάνωθεν,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Exodus 25:12–15Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other. And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the…
• Numbers 4:6They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.
• Exodus 37:3–5And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other. Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in…

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