Exodus 37 · Verse 8

Exodus 37:8

One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Exodus 37:8, King James Version

Exodus 37:8 in other translations

BSBone cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
WEBone cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
ASVone cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
YLTone cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, at its two ends;
DARBYone cherub at the end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof.
BBEPlacing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.
WebsterOne cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy-seat made he the cherubim on the two ends of it.

What does Exodus 37:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 37:6-10

6-10. made the mercy seat of pure gold--To construct a figure, whether the body of a beast or a man, with two extended wings, measuring from two to three feet from tip to tip, with the hammer, out of a solid piece of gold, was what few, if any, artisans of the present day could accomplish.

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Exodus 37:8 in the original Hebrew

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כְּרוּב\־ke.ruv-a cherubH3742
אֶחָ֤ד'e.ChadoneH259
מִקָּצָה֙mi.ka.Tzah[was] from an endH7098
מִזֶּ֔הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088
וּכְרוּב\־u.khe.ruv-and a cherubH3742
אֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadoneH259
מִקָּצָ֖הmi.ka.Tzah[was] from an endH7098
מִזֶּ֑הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתha.ka.Po.retthe atonement coverH3727
עָשָׂ֥ה'a.Sahhe madeH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכְּרֻבִ֖יםha.ke.ru.Vimthe cherubimH3742
מִשְּׁנֵ֥יmi.she.Neifrom [the] twoH8147
קְצוֹתָֽיו\׃kitz.vo.tovends itsH7098

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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on the end. or, out of, etc. on the other end. or, out of,etc.
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Context

  • Exodus 37:7

    And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

  • Exodus 37:8

    One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

  • Exodus 37:9

    And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

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Exodus 37:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El un querubín de esta parte al un cabo, y el otro querubín de la otra parte al otro cabo de la cubierta: hizo los querubines á sus dos cabos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
un chérubin au bout de deçà, et un chérubin au bout de delà; il fit les chérubins tirés du propitiatoire, à ses deux bouts.
German
Elberfelder 1871
einen Cherub an dem Ende der einen Seite und einen Cherub an dem Ende der anderen Seite; aus dem Deckel machte er die Cherubim, aus seinen beiden Enden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
cherub unum in summitate unius partis, et cherub alterum in summitate partis alterius: duos cherubim in singulis summitatibus propitiatorii,