1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
1 Kings 8:7 in other translations
| BSB | For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles. |
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| WEB | For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above. |
| ASV | For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. |
| YLT | for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above; |
| DARBY | for the cherubim stretched forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above. |
| BBE | For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods. |
| Webster | For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staffs thereof above. |
What does 1 Kings 8:7 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 8:1-11
Solomon's peace-offerings. (62-66) Verses 1-11 The bringing in the ark, is the end which must crown the work: this was done with great solemnity. The ark was fixed in the place appointed for its rest in the inner part of the house, whence they expected God to speak to them, even in the most holy place. The staves of the ark were drawn out, so as to direct the high priest to the mercy-seat over the ark, when he went…
1 Kings 8:7 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
- 1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- 1 Kings 8:8
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
1 Kings 8:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque los querubines tenían extendidas las alas sobre el lugar del arca, y así cubrían los querubines el arca y sus varas por encima. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car les chérubins étendaient les ailes sur le lieu de l’arche, et les chérubins couvraient l’arche et ses barres, par-dessus. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn die Cherubim breiteten die Flügel aus über den Ort der Lade, und die Cherubim bedeckten die Lade und ihre Stangen von oben her. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Siquidem cherubim expandebant alas super locum arcæ, et protegebant arcam, et vectes ejus desuper. |