Genesis 3:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ He drove out the humans, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ So [God] drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life. [Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14, 19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Common English Bible

²⁴ He drove out the human. To the east of the garden of Eden, he stationed winged creatures wielding flaming swords to guard the way to the tree of life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And he cast out Adam. And in front of the Paradise of enjoyment, he placed the Cherubim with a flaming sword, turning together, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 3:24 Cross References

Genesis 3:23

therefore the Lord God sent them forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken.

Genesis 4:1

Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 4:14

Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me.”

Psalm 104:4

you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers.

Psalm 80:1

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth

Psalm 99:1

The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

Exodus 25:2

“Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.

Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked, and above the dome that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in form resembling a throne.

Ezekiel 31:11

I gave it into the hand of the prince of the nations; he has dealt with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out.

Numbers 22:23

The donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand, so the donkey turned off the road and went into the field, and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn it back onto the road.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Hebrews 1:7

Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds and his servants flames of fire.”

Joshua 5:13

Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of us or one of our adversaries?”

1 Samuel 4:4

So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.