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New King James Version

2 Chronicles 3:13

The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.

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;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cherub, Cherubim;   Nave;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Azariah;   Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Temple;   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 wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.
Hebrew Names Version
The wings of these Keruvim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
King James Version
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
English Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
New Century Version
Together, the creatures' wings were thirty feet across. The creatures stood on their feet, facing the main room.
New English Translation
The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.
Amplified Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, their faces toward the Holy Place (the main room).
New American Standard Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.
World English Bible
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The wings of these Cherubims were spread abroade twentie cubites: they stoode on their feete, and their faces were toward the house.
Legacy Standard Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.
Berean Standard Bible
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
Complete Jewish Bible
The wings of these k'ruvim spread out over thirty-five feet. They stood on their feet with their faces turned inward.
Darby Translation
The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the wings of the two Cherub angels together reached across the room—a total of 20 cubits. The Cherub angels stood facing the Holy Place.
George Lamsa Translation
The wings of these cherubim were spread forth twenty cubits; they stood on their feet and their faces were inward.
Lexham English Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they were standing on their feet, their faces toward the house.
Literal Translation
The wings of these cherubs spread out twenty cubits, and they were standing on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that these wynges of the Cherubins were spred out twentye cubites wyde. And they stode vpo their fete, and their face was turned to the house warde.
American Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Bible in Basic English
Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So that the wynges of the sayde Cherubs were stretched out twentie cubites: and they stoode on their feete, and loked inwardes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
King James Version (1611)
The wings of these Cherubims spread themselues forth twentie cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
English Revised Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the wyngis of euer eithir cherub weren spred abrood, and weren holdun forth bi twenti cubitis; sotheli thilke cherubyns stoden on the feet reisid, and her faces weren turned to the outermere hows.
Update Bible Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Webster's Bible Translation
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.
New Living Translation
So the wingspan of the two cherubim side by side was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced out toward the main room of the Temple.
New Life Bible
The wings of these cherubim spread as far as ten long steps. And they stood on their feet with their faces toward the holy place.
New Revised Standard
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the wings of these cherubim, outspread, were twenty cubits, - and, they themselves, were standing upon their feet, and, their faces, were inward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.
Revised Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
Young's Literal Translation
The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.

Contextual Overview

10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub; 12 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. 13 The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward. 14 And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it. 15 Also he made in front of the temple [fn] two pillars thirty-five 1 Kings 7:15; 2 Kings 25:17; and Jeremiah 52:21)">[fn] cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork. 17 Then he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

inward: or, toward the house, Exodus 25:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 97:7 - worship

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
Genesis 3:6
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:9
Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10
So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
Genesis 3:12
Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 44:15
And Joseph said to them, "What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?"
1 Samuel 13:11
And Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash,
2 Samuel 3:24
Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Look, Abner came to you; why is it that you sent him away, and he has already gone?
John 18:35
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?"
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their faces were inward - literally, as in the margin. Instead of looking toward one another, with heads bent downward over the mercy Seat, like the cherubim of Moses Exodus 37:9, these of Solomon looked out from the sanctuary into the great chamber (“the house”). The cherubim thus stood upright on either side of the ark, like two sentinels guarding it.


 
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