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 3:12 in other translations
| BSB | The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub. |
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| WEB | The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, joining to the wing of the other cherub. |
| ASV | And the 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. |
| YLT | And the wing of the other cherub is five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing is five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub. |
| DARBY | And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub. |
| BBE | And in the same way, the wings of the other, five cubits long, were stretched out, one touching the wall and the other meeting the wing of the first winged one. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Chronicles 3:12 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 3:12 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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 3:13
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
2 Chronicles 3:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De la misma manera la una ala del otro querubín era de cinco codos: la cual llegaba hasta la pared de la casa; y la otra ala era de cinco codos, que tocaba al ala del otro querubín. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’aile de l’autre chérubin, de cinq coudées, touchait le mur de la maison; et l’autre aile, de cinq coudées, joignait l’aile de l’autre chérubin. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und der Flügel des anderen Cherubs, von fünf Ellen, rührte an die Wand des Hauses; und der andere Flügel, von fünf Ellen, stieß an den Flügel des einen Cherubs. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Similiter cherub alterius ala, quinque habebat cubitos, et tangebat parietem: et ala ejus altera quinque cubitorum, alam cherub alterius contingebat. |