In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
1 Kings 6:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub and five cubits its other wing; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits. American Standard Version (1901) And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. Common English Bible The wings of the first winged creature were each seven and a half feet long. It was fifteen feet from the end of one wing to the end of the other. Catholic Public Domain Version One wing of a cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of a cherub was five cubits, that is, having ten cubits from the summit of one wing even to the summit of the other wing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits: that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing. |
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.
Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.