1 Kings 6:28

Contemporary English Version

The creatures were also covered with gold.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid the Keruvim with gold.

King James Version
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

English Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New Century Version
These two creatures were covered with gold.

New English Translation
He plated the cherubim with gold.

Amplified Bible
Solomon also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New American Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he ouerlaied the Cherubims with golde.

Legacy Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid the k'ruvim with gold.

Darby Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Easy-to-Read Version
The two Cherub angels were covered with gold.

George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with pure gold.

Good News Translation
The two winged creatures were covered with gold.

Lexham English Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Literal Translation
And he overlaid the cherubs with gold.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he ouerlayed the Cherubins with golde.

American Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Bible in Basic English
These winged ones were plated over with gold.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he ouerlayde the Cherubs with golde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlayd the Cherubims with golde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this work of the bases was formed with a border the them, and there was a border between the ledges.

English Revised Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Berean Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he hilide the cherubyns with gold,

Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth the cherubs with gold,

Update Bible Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

World English Bible
He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New King James Version
Also he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New Living Translation
He overlaid the two cherubim with gold.

New Life Bible
He covered the cherubim with gold.

New Revised Standard
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

Revised Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ The floor of the temple was made out of pine, and the walls were lined with cedar from floor to ceiling. ¹⁶ The most holy place was in the back of the temple, and it was thirty feet square. Cedar boards standing from floor to ceiling separated it from the rest of the temple. ¹⁷ The temple's main room was sixty feet long, and it was in front of the most holy place. ¹⁸ The inside walls were lined with cedar to hide the stones, and the cedar was decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. ¹⁹ The sacred chest was kept in the most holy place. ²⁰This room was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high, and it was lined with pure gold. There were also gold chains across the front of the most holy place. The inside of the temple, as well as the cedar altar in the most holy place, was covered with gold. ²³ Solomon had two statues of winged creatures made from olive wood to put in the most holy place. Each creature was fifteen feet tall ²⁴and fifteen feet across. They had two wings, and the wings were seven and a half feet long. ²⁷ Solomon put them next to each other in the most holy place. Their wings were spread out and reached across the room. ²⁸ The creatures were also covered with gold.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. Which may denote the purity and excellency of angels; or the precious gifts and graces of the Spirit, with which the witnesses of Christ are adorned.