1 Kings 6:24
One wing of the cherub was five cubits and the other wing was five cubits, making a total of ten cubits from wingtip to wingtip.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the far end of one wing to the far end of the other were ten cubits.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
One wynge of ether of the Cherubs had fyue cubytes, so that from the edge of his one wynge to the edge of his other wynge there were ten cubytes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The wing also of the one Cherub was fiue cubites, and the wing of the other Cherub was fiue cubites: from the vttermost part of one of his wings vnto the vttermost part of the other of his wings, were ten cubites.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Fiue cubites long was a wing of the one Cherub, & fiue cubites long was a wing of the other Cherub: so that from the vttermost part of one wing, vnto the vttermost part of the other, were ten cubites.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And five cubits [was] the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other [were] ten cubits.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and five cubits `is' the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings;
American Standard Version (1901)
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
American Standard Version (1901)
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.
World English Bible (2000)
Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.
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10He made two cherubim in the Most Holy Place, crafted out of sculptured work, and overlaid them with gold.
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12Similarly, the wing of the second cherub, measuring five cubits, touched the other wall of the house, and its other wing, also five cubits, overlapped with the wing of the first cherub.
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25The second cherub was also ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape.
26The height of the first cherub was ten cubits, and so was the height of the second cherub.
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