Ezekiel 41:18

New Living Translation

All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
carved with cherubim and palm trees. There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

Hebrew Names Version
It was made with Keruvim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between Keruv and Keruv, and every Keruv had two faces;

King James Version
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

English Standard Version
It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:

New American Standard Bible
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces:

New Century Version
had carvings of creatures with wings and palm trees. A palm tree was between each carved creature, and every creature had two faces.

Amplified Bible
It was carved with [figures of] cherubim and palm trees; so that a palm decoration was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And it was made wt Cherubims and palme trees, so that a palme tree was betweene a Cherub and a Cherub: and euery Cherub had two faces.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

Legacy Standard Bible
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

Berean Standard Bible
were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:

Contemporary English Version
with carvings of winged creatures and had a carving of a palm tree between the creatures. Each winged creature had two faces: A human face looking at the palm tree on one side, and a lion's face looking at the palm tree on the other side. These designs were carved into the paneling all the way around the two rooms.

Complete Jewish Bible
consisting of k'ruvim and palm trees, with a palm tree between every two k'ruvim. Every keruv had two faces;

Darby Translation
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees, and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub; and the cherub had two faces:

Easy-to-Read Version
of Cherub angels and palm trees. A palm tree was between each Cherub angel. Every Cherub angel had two faces.

George Lamsa Translation
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

Good News Translation
of palm trees and winged creatures. Palm trees alternated with creatures, one following the other, all the way around the room. Each creature had two faces:

Lexham English Bible
and it was made of cherubim and palm tree images; a palm tree image between cherub and cherub, and the cherub had two faces.

Literal Translation
And it was made with cherubs and palm trees, and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub. And two faces were to a cherub,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There were Cherubins and date trees made also, so that one date tre stode euer betwixte two Cherubins: One Cherub had two faces,

American Standard Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Bible in Basic English
And it had pictured forms of winged beings and palm-trees; a palm-tree between two winged ones, and every winged one had two faces;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

King James Version (1611)
And it was made with Cherubims and Palme trees, so that a Palme tree was betweene a Cherub and a Cherub, and euery Cherub had two faces.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it was made with Cherubims and paulme trees, so that a paulme tree was betweene a Cherub and a Cherub, and euery Cherub had two faces.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
were carved cherubs and palm-trees between the cherubs, and each cherub had two faces.

English Revised Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

World English Bible
It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And cherubyns and palm trees weren maad craftili, and a palm tree bitwixe cherub and cherub; and cherub hadde twei faces,

Update Bible Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Webster's Bible Translation
And [it was] made with cherubim and palm-trees, so that a palm-tree [was] between a cherub and a cherub; and [every] cherub had two faces;

New English Translation
It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

New King James Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces,

New Life Bible
Pictures of cherubim and palm trees were cut into the wood. A palm tree was between every two cherubim, and each cherub had two faces.

New Revised Standard
It was formed of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees, - with a palm-tree between cherub and cherub, and two faces had each cherub;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were cherubims and palm trees wrought, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub, and every cherub had two faces.

Revised Standard Version
of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:

Young's Literal Translation
And it is made [with] cherubs and palm-trees, and a palm-tree [is] between cherub and cherub, and two faces [are] to the cherub;

Contextual Overview

¹² A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122 1⁄2 feet wide and 157 1⁄2 feet long, and its walls were 8 3⁄4 feet thick. ¹³ Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length. ¹⁴ The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide. ¹⁵ The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide. The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple ¹⁶ were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows. ¹⁷ The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled. ¹⁸ All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim. ¹⁹ One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple, ²⁰ from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary. ²¹ There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with cherubims: 1 Kings 6:29-32, 1 Kings 7:36, 2 Chronicles 3:7

palm trees: Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:22, Revelation 7:9

and every: Ezekiel 1:10, Ezekiel 10:14, Ezekiel 10:21, Revelation 4:7-9

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:18 - two cherubims of gold 1 Kings 7:29 - lions

Cross-References

Genesis 41:1
Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

Genesis 41:3
Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. These cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank.

Jeremiah 24:5
"This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent the exiles I sent from Judah to the land of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 24:8
"But the bad figs," the Lord said, "represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was made with cherubim and palm trees,.... That is, all the wall of the house round about was ornamented with these, even both of the holy and of the most holy place; with these the curtains of Moses's tabernacle, and the vail that divided between the holy and the most holy place, were decorated; as also the walls, both of the sanctuary and oracle, in Solomon's temple, Exodus 26:1. The former, according to the commonly received notion, were an emblem of angels; the latter of true believers, or holy upright men: why these are called palm trees, Exodus 26:1- :,

so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; these were so placed all around, that there was first a cherub, next a palm tree, and then a cherub again, and so on; and if angels and saints are meant, and that notion could be supported, which some have given into, that the number of men redeemed by Christ is the same with that of the angels that fell, and their places are filled up by them; this would serve to illustrate it, particularly as these were all around the walls of the most holy place; a type of heaven, as here of the New Jerusalem state; that as there was a cherub and a palm tree, a cherub and a palm tree, throughout all the house, so an angel and a saint, an angel and a saint, throughout all the mansions in the holy city, and in the heavenly glory:

and every cherub had two faces: which, by what follows, were the faces of a man, and of a lion. The "cherubim" Ezekiel saw in his first vision had four faces, Ezekiel 1:10 and so these must be supposed to have, though only two were seen; because these were carved or painted on the walls, so that the hindmost faces, those of the ox and eagle, could not be perceived.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the symbolism of the “cherubim” see Ezekiel 1:1 note ...

Every cherub had two faces - Not as in Ezekiel 1:0, “four faces.” Convenience of delineation upon a wall may have suggested the alteration. The cherubic devices on the curtains of the tabernacle Exodus 26:1; Exodus 36:8 were no doubt like the cherubim over the ark, of which we have no reason to suppose that each had “two faces.” The symbolic character here admitted of the deviation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 41:18. A palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub — That is, the palm trees and the cherubs were alternated; and each cherub had two faces, one of a lion, and the other of a man; one of which was turned to the palm tree on the right, the other to the palm tree on the left.