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1 Kings 6:26

The first cherub’s height was 15 feet and so was the second cherub’s. The height of the one Keruv was ten cubits, and so was it of the other Keruv. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. each was fifteen feet tall. Each cherub stood 15 feet high. the height of the one cherub was ten cubits, as was the other. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. For the height of the one Cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other Cherub. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. The height of the one keruv was seventeen-and-a-half feet, likewise that of the other. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. The height of the first cherub was ten cubits and so was the second cherub. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the second cherub. so yt ether Cherub was ten cubites hye. And he put the Cherubins within in the house. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. The two of them were ten cubits high. For the height of the one Cherub was ten cubites, and so was it of the other. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. The height of the one Cherub was ten cubites, and so was it of the other Cherub. and its rim was as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it was a span. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. and the height of each cherub was ten cubits. that is, o cherub hadde the hiythe of ten cubitis, and in lijk maner the tother cherub. the height of the one cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second cherub; The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. The hight of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] of the other cherub. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. each was 15 feet tall. Each of the cherubim was almost three times taller than a man. The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. The height of the one cherub, was ten cubits, - and, so, of the second cherub. That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub. The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. the height of the first cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second cherub; The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cherubim;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy of Holies;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Cherubim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiram;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Cherub, Cherubim;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cherubim;   Israel;   Jerusalem;   Palm Tree;   Solomon;   Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cherubim ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cherub, Cherubim;   Olive, Olive Tree;   Oracle;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cherub;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1);   Holy of Holies;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The first cherub’s height was 15 feet and so was the second cherub’s.
Hebrew Names Version
The height of the one Keruv was ten cubits, and so was it of the other Keruv.
King James Version
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
English Standard Version
The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
New Century Version
each was fifteen feet tall.
New English Translation
Each cherub stood 15 feet high.
Amplified Bible
the height of the one cherub was ten cubits, as was the other.
New American Standard Bible
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the height of the one Cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other Cherub.
Legacy Standard Bible
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.
Complete Jewish Bible
The height of the one keruv was seventeen-and-a-half feet, likewise that of the other.
Darby Translation
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub.
George Lamsa Translation
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
Lexham English Bible
The height of the first cherub was ten cubits and so was the second cherub.
Literal Translation
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the second cherub.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so yt ether Cherub was ten cubites hye. And he put the Cherubins within in the house.
American Standard Version
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
Bible in Basic English
The two of them were ten cubits high.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the height of the one Cherub was ten cubites, and so was it of the other.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
King James Version (1611)
The height of the one Cherub was ten cubites, and so was it of the other Cherub.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and its rim was as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it was a span.
English Revised Version
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
Berean Standard Bible
and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that is, o cherub hadde the hiythe of ten cubitis, and in lijk maner the tother cherub.
Young's Literal Translation
the height of the one cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second cherub;
Update Bible Version
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
Webster's Bible Translation
The hight of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] of the other cherub.
World English Bible
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
New King James Version
The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.
New Living Translation
each was 15 feet tall.
New Life Bible
Each of the cherubim was almost three times taller than a man.
New Revised Standard
The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The height of the one cherub, was ten cubits, - and, so, of the second cherub.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub.
Revised Standard Version
The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.

Contextual Overview

15he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards. 15 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 15 He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 15 The inside walls were covered from floor to ceiling with cedar boards. The floor was made from pine boards. 15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens. 15He built the walls of the interior of the house [that is, the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling. He overlaid the interior with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 15 He built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he paneled the walls on the inside with wood, and he paneled the floor of the house with boards of juniper. 15 And built the walles of the house within, with boards of cedar tree from the pauement of the house vnto the walles of the sieling, and within he couered them with wood, and couered the floore of the house with planks of firre. 15Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] of the other cherub. Which is repeated from 1 Kings 6:23; that it might be observed, being of an extraordinary size.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 6:26. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits — Concerning the cherubs, their form, &c., Exodus 25:18. The height of each cherub was about eighteen feet and three inches.


 
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