2 Chronicles 5:9
What does 2 Chronicles 5:9 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 5:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they drew out the staves of the ark, 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen out of the ark on the front of the oracle, and they are not seen without; and it is there unto this day.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now the ends of the staves wherewith the ark was carried, because they were some thing longer, were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a little outward, he could not see them. So the ark has been there unto this day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen outside the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day.
Context
v.8For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
v.9This passage
v.10There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 8:8
And 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.