2 Chronicles 5:8

What does 2 Chronicles 5:8 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 5:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter 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 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

Context

v.7And 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.8This passage

v.9And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is unto this day.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 4:6

    and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

  • Exodus 37:3

    And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

  • Exodus 25:12

    And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

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