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 3:13 in other translations
| BSB | So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room. |
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| WEB | The wings of these cherubim spread themselves out twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. |
| ASV | The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. |
| YLT | The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces are inward. |
| DARBY | The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. |
| BBE | Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house. |
| Webster | The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. |
What does 2 Chronicles 3:13 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 3:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 3:13
- Exodus 25:20
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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Context
- 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 3:14
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
2 Chronicles 3:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así las alas de estos querubines estaban extendidas por veinte codos: y ellos estaban en pie con los rostros hacia la casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les ailes de ces chérubins, déployées, avaient 20 coudées; et ils se tenaient debout sur leurs pieds, et leurs faces regardaient vers la maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Flügel dieser Cherubim maßen ausgebreitet zwanzig Ellen; und sie selbst standen auf ihren Füßen, und ihre Angesichter waren dem Hause zugewandt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Igitur alæ utriusque cherubim expansæ erant et extendebantur per cubitos viginti: ipsi autem stabant erectis pedibus, et facies eorum erant versæ ad exteriorem domum. |