Exodus 25:20
What does Exodus 25:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 25:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces <FI>are<Fi> one towards another--towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the cherubim shall stretch out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be [turned].
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 24:31
And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
- Ezekiel 28:14
Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
- Isaiah 6:1
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
- 1 Peter 3:22
who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
- 1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- Colossians 2:10
and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
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