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Literal Standard Version

2 Chronicles 3:12

And the wing of the other cherub [is] five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cherubim;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezekiel, Theology of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cherub, Cherubim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cherub;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The wing of the other cherub was 7½ feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub.
Hebrew Names Version
The wing of the other Keruv was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other Keruv.
King James Version
And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
English Standard Version
and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
New Century Version
One wing of the second creature touched the other side of the room and was also seven and one-half feet long. The second creature's other wing touched the first creature's wing, and it was also seven and one-half feet long.
New English Translation
Likewise one of the second cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub's wings.
Amplified Bible
The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the first cherub.
New American Standard Bible
The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing, of five cubits, was attached to the wing of the first cherub.
World English Bible
The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Likewise the wing of ye other Cherub was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house, & the other wing fiue cubites ioyning to the wing of the other Cherub.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached to the wing of the first cherub.
Berean Standard Bible
The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the house, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.
Complete Jewish Bible
The wing of the other keruv was eight-and-three-quarters feet long, touching the wall of the house; and the other wing was also eight-and-three-quarters feet long, touching the wing of the first keruv.
Darby Translation
And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.
Easy-to-Read Version
And the other wing of the second Cherub angel touched the wall on the other side of the room.
George Lamsa Translation
And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
Lexham English Bible
And the wing of five cubits of the other cherub was touching the wall of the house, and its other wing five cubits long touching the wing of the first cherub.
Literal Translation
and the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so had one wynge of the other Cherub fyue cubites likewyse, and touched the wall of the house: and his other wynge had fyue cubites also, and touched the wynge of the other Cherub:
American Standard Version
And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
Bible in Basic English
And in the same way, the wings of the other, five cubits long, were stretched out, one touching the wall and the other meeting the wing of the first winged one.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And euen so the one wyng of the other Cherub was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wyng was fiue cubites also, and reached to the wyng of the other Cherub.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
King James Version (1611)
And one wing of the other Cherub was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was fiue cubites also, ioyning to the wing of the other Cherub.
English Revised Version
And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In lijk maner the wynge of the tother cherub hadde fyue cubitis, and touchide the wal, and the tother wynge therof of fyue cubitis touchide the wynge of the tothir cherub.
Update Bible Version
And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was] five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
New King James Version
one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
New Living Translation
In the same way, the second figure had one wing 7 1⁄2 feet long that touched the opposite wall. The other wing, also 7 1⁄2 feet long, touched the wing of the first figure.
New Life Bible
The wing of the other cherub was as long as three steps, and touched the wall of the house. Its other wing was as long as three steps, and was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
New Revised Standard
and of this cherub, one wing, five cubits long, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also five cubits long, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house, - and, the other wing, was five cubits, cleaving to the wing of the other cherub:
Douay-Rheims Bible
In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.
Revised Standard Version
and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
Young's Literal Translation
And the wing of the other cherub [is] five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached to the wing of the first cherub.

Contextual Overview

10And he makes two cherubim in the most holy house, image work, and he overlays them with gold; 11as for the wings of the cherubim, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one [is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub. 12And the wing of the other cherub [is] five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.13The wings of these cherubim are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward. 14And he makes the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causes cherubim to go up on it. 15And he makes two pillars at the front of the house, thirty-five cubits in length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads [is] five cubits. 16And he makes chains in the oracle, and puts [them] on the heads of the pillars, and makes one hundred pomegranates, and puts [them] on the chains. 17And he raises up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left, and calls the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 1:9 - joined

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
And YHWH God says, "[It is] not good for the man to be alone; I make him a helper as his counterpart."
Genesis 2:20
And the man calls names to all the livestock, and to bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man a helper has not been found as his counterpart.
Genesis 2:22
And YHWH God builds up the rib which He has taken out of the man into a woman, and brings her to the man;
Genesis 3:13
And YHWH God says to the woman, "What [is] this you have done?" And the woman says, "The serpent has caused me to forget, and I eat."
Genesis 3:15
and I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He bruises your head, and you bruise His heel."
Genesis 3:20
And the man calls his wife's name Eve, for she has been mother of all living.
Genesis 3:21
And YHWH God makes coats of skin [for] the man and his wife, and clothes them.
Genesis 3:24
indeed, He casts out the man, and causes the cherubim to dwell at the east of the Garden of Eden with the sword of flame whirling around to guard the way of the Tree of Life.
Job 31:33
If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, || To hide my iniquity in my bosom,
Proverbs 19:3
The folly of man perverts his way, || And his heart is angry against YHWH.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The wings of the cherubims - Compare 1 Kings 6:24-27.


 
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