1 Kings 6:28

Good News Translation

The two winged creatures were 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.

Contemporary English Version
The creatures were also covered 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.

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 inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, and the floor was made of pine. ¹⁶ An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was 30 feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling. ¹⁷ The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long. ¹⁸ The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen. ¹⁹ In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the Lord 's Covenant Box was to be placed. ²⁰ This inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high, all covered with pure gold. The altar was covered with cedar panels. ²¹ The inside of the Temple was covered with gold, and gold chains were placed across the entrance of the inner room, which was also covered with gold. ²² The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place. ²³ Two winged creatures were made of olive wood and placed in the Most Holy Place, each one 15 feet tall. ²⁴Both were of the same size and shape. Each had two wings, each wing 7½ feet long, so that the distance from one wing tip to the other was 15 feet.

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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.