1 Kings 6:24
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
1 Kings 6:24 in other translations
| BSB | One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits. |
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| WEB | Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was the length of the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits. |
| ASV | And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. |
| YLT | and five cubits is the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings; |
| DARBY | and one wing of the cherub was five cubits, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing; |
| BBE | With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits. |
| Webster | And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. |
What does 1 Kings 6:24 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38
See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical…
1 Kings 6:24 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 6:23
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
- 1 Kings 6:24
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:25
And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
1 Kings 6:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La una ala del querubín tenía cinco codos, y la otra ala del querubín otros cinco codos: así que había diez codos desde la punta de la una ala hasta la punta de la otra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et une aile d’un chérubin avait cinq coudées, et l’autre aile du chérubin avait cinq coudées: dix coudées d’un bout de ses ailes jusqu’à l’autre bout de ses ailes; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und fünf Ellen maß der eine Flügel des Cherubs, und fünf Ellen der andere Flügel des Cherubs: zehn Ellen von dem einen Ende seiner Flügel bis zu dem anderen Ende seiner Flügel; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quinque cubitorum ala cherub una, et quinque cubitorum ala cherub altera: id est, decem cubitos habentes, a summitate alæ unius usque ad alæ alterius summitatem. |