2 Chronicles 3:11
And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
2 Chronicles 3:11 in other translations
| BSB | The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub. |
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| WEB | The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. |
| ASV | And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. |
| YLT | as to the wings of the cherubs, 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. |
| DARBY | And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub. |
| BBE | Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; one wing, five cubits long, touching the wall of the house, and the other, of the same size, meeting the wing of the other winged one. |
| Webster | And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. |
What does 2 Chronicles 3:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 3:10-13
10-13. two cherubims--These figures in the tabernacle were of pure gold (Ex 25:1-40) and overshadowed the mercy seat. The two placed in the temple were made of olive wood, overlaid with gold. They were of colossal size, like the Assyrian sculptures; for each, with expanded wings, covered a space of ten cubits in height and length--two wings touched each other, while the other two reached the opposite walls; their…
2 Chronicles 3:11 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 3:10
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11
And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12
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.
2 Chronicles 3:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El largo de las alas de los querubines era de veinte codos: porque la una ala era de cinco codos: la cual llegaba hasta la pared de la casa; y la otra ala de cinco codos, la cual llegaba al ala del otro querubín. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les ailes des chérubins avaient 20 coudées de long; une aile de l’un, de cinq coudées, touchait le mur de la maison; et l’autre aile, de cinq coudées, touchait l’aile de l’autre chérubin. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Flügel der Cherubim, -ihre Länge war zwanzig Ellen: der Flügel des einen, von fünf Ellen, rührte an die Wand des Hauses; und der andere Flügel, von fünf Ellen, rührte an den Flügel des anderen Cherubs; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Alæ cherubim viginti cubitis extendebantur, ita ut una ala haberet cubitos quinque et tangeret parietem domus: et altera quinque cubitos habens, alam tangeret alterius cherub. |