Genesis 3:24

Genesis chapter 3 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.23therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

v.24This passage

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 10:2

    And he spake unto the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

  • Hebrews 10:18

    Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

  • John 14:6

    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  • Exodus 25:18

    And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

  • Numbers 22:23

    And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

  • Psalms 104:4

    Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;