1 Kings 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.
KJV
Siquidem cherubim expandebant alas super locum arcæ, et protegebant arcam, et vectes ejus desuper.
Vulgate
ὅτι τὰ χερουβεὶν διαπεπετασμένα ταῖς πτέρυξιν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τῆς κιβωτοῦ· καὶ περιεκάλυπτον τὰ χερουβεὶν ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῆς ἐπάνωθεν,
LXX
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
ASV
כִּ֤י הַ/כְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם אֶל מְק֖וֹם הָֽ/אָר֑וֹן וַ/יָּסֹ֧כּוּ הַ/כְּרֻבִ֛ים עַל הָ/אָר֥וֹן וְ/עַל בַּדָּ֖י/ו מִ/לְ/מָֽעְלָ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 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 oth
- 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
- 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.