The Mercy Seat
Exodus 37:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
- KJV
- One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.on the end: or, out of, etcon the other end: or, out of, etc
- WEB
- one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
- ASV
- one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
- LSV
- one cherub at the end on this [side] and one cherub at the end on that [side]; he has made the cherubim from [above] the propitiatory covering, at its two ends;
- YLT
- one cherub at the end on this [side], and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, at its two ends;
- DBY
- one cherub at the end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof.
- DRC
- One cherub in the top of one side, and the other cherub in the top of the other side: two cherubims at the two ends of the propitiatory,
- GNV
- One Cherub on the one ende, and another Cherub on the other ende: of the Merciseate made he the Cherubims, at ye two endes thereof.
- JPS
- one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the ark-cover made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
- LXXE38:7
- one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory,
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- Written (Ketiv): קִצְווֹתוֹ׃ (“end its”). Read aloud (Qere): קְצוֹתָֽיו׃ (“ends its”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads קְצוֹותָֽו׃; read aloud (Qere) reads קְצוֹתָֽיו׃ (“ends its”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- כְּרוּב־אֶחָ֤ד מִקָּצָה֙ מִזֶּ֔ה וּכְרוּב־אֶחָ֥ד מִקָּצָ֖ה מִזֶּ֑ה מִן־הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִ֖ים מִשְּׁנֵ֥י קצוותו׃Read aloud as (qere): קְצוֹתָֽיו
- LXX-Br38:7
- χεροὺβ ἕνα ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου τὸ ἓν, καὶ χεροὺβ ἕνα ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου τὸ δεύτερον,
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 38:7 in some Bibles
- 37:8 in most Bibles