1 Kings 8:7

1 Kings chapter 8 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

Context

v.6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

v.7This passage

v.8And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.