1 Kings 6:27
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
KJV
Posuitque cherubim in medio templi interioris : extendebant autem alas suas cherubim, et tangebat ala una parietem, et ala cherub secundi tangebat parietem alterum : alæ autem alteræ in media parte templi se invicem contingebant.
Vulgate
καὶ περιέσχεν τὰ χερουβεὶν χρυσίῳ.
LXX
And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
ASV
וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ן אֶת הַ/כְּרוּבִ֜ים בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הַ/בַּ֣יִת הַ/פְּנִימִ֗י וַֽ/יִּפְרְשׂוּ֮ אֶת כַּנְפֵ֣י הַ/כְּרֻבִים֒ וַ/תִּגַּ֤ע כְּנַף הָֽ/אֶחָד֙ בַּ/קִּ֔יר וּ/כְנַף֙ הַ/כְּר֣וּב הַ/שֵּׁנִ֔י נֹגַ֖עַת בַּ/קִּ֣יר הַ/שֵּׁנִ֑י וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶם֙ אֶל תּ֣וֹךְ הַ/בַּ֔יִת נֹגְעֹ֖ת כָּנָ֥ף אֶל כָּנָֽף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2130Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.69
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:6 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
- 1Kgs 8:7 — 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.
- 2Chr 5:8 — For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- Exod 25:20 — And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims b
- Exod 37:9 — And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
- Isa 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.