Exodus 37:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces were turned toward one another, looking toward the mercy seat.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; facing the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the cherubyns spredde out their wynges aboue an hye, and couered the mercyseate therewith, And their faces were one to another: euen to the mercyseate warde, were the faces of the cherubins.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and the Cherubyns spredde out their wynges aboue an hye, and couered ye Mercyseate ther with: and their faces stode one ouer agaynst the other, and loked vnto the Mercyseate.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Cherubims spread out their wings on hie, & couered the Merciseat with their wings, & their faces were one towards another: towarde the Merciseat were the faces of the Cherubims.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the Cherubims spread out theyr wynges aboue on hye, & couered ye mercy seate therwith: And their faces were one to another, euen to the mercy seate warde were the faces of ye Cherubims.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the cherubims spread out [their] wings on high, [and] covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; [even] to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces `are' one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:24 : 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden He placed cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Gen 28:12 : 12 And he dreamed; behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
  • Exod 25:20 : 20 The cherubim shall have their wings outstretched upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces shall be toward each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
  • Isa 6:2 : 2 Above Him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
  • Ezek 10:1-9 : 1 I looked, and I saw above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, resembling the appearance of a throne, appearing over them. 2 And He said to the man clothed in linen, 'Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.' And he went in as I watched. 3 The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 Then the glory of the Lord rose up from above the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord's glory. 5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. 6 When He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, 'Take fire from within the wheels, from among the cherubim,' the man went in and stood beside a wheel. 7 Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them, took some, and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen something like the form of a human hand. 9 I looked, and I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a beryl stone. 10 All four wheels looked alike in their appearance, resembling a wheel within a wheel. 11 When they moved, they went in any of the four directions without turning as they went. They followed the direction the head faced and did not turn as they moved. 12 Their entire bodies, backs, hands, wings, and the wheels were completely covered with eyes all around—the wheels belonged to all four of them. 13 I heard the wheels being called 'whirling wheels' in my hearing. 14 Each cherub had four faces: one was the face of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 The cherubim rose upward; they were the living beings I had seen by the Kebar River. 16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them, and when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not turn away but stayed close to them. 17 When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose, the wheels rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. 19 As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose from the ground, with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance to the eastern gate of the LORD's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. 20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim. 21 Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands. 22 Their faces looked like those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead, in the direction of its face.
  • John 1:51 : 51 Then He said, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.'
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 so that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places,
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And undeniably, great is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things even angels long to look into.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 25:17-22
    6 verses
    94%

    17Make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

    18Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.

    19Make one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end. Make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.

    20The cherubim shall have their wings outstretched upward, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. Their faces shall be toward each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

    21Place the mercy seat on top of the ark, and put into the ark the testimony that I will give you.

    22I will meet with you there and speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, about everything I will command you regarding the Israelites.

  • Exod 37:6-8
    3 verses
    87%

    6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

    7He made two cherubim of gold; they were hammered out of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat.

    8One cherub was at one end, and the other cherub was at the other end. The cherubim extended from the mercy seat itself on its two ends.

  • 2 Chr 3:10-14
    5 verses
    83%

    10He made two cherubim in the Most Holy Place, crafted out of sculptured work, and overlaid them with gold.

    11The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits and touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, also five cubits, touched the wing of the second cherub.

    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.

    13The wings of these cherubim were spread out twenty cubits in total. They stood on their feet, and their faces were turned inward toward the house.

    14He made the curtain of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he embroidered cherubim on it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6The priests placed the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD in its place inside the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

    7The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the Ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the Ark and its poles from above.

  • 1 Kgs 6:23-28
    6 verses
    82%

    23In the inner sanctuary, he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

    24One wing of the cherub was five cubits and the other wing was five cubits, making a total of ten cubits from wingtip to wingtip.

    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.

    27He placed the cherubim in the inner house, and their wings were spread out. One wing of each cherub touched one wall, and their other wings touched each other in the center of the house.

    28He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

  • 2 Chr 5:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    7The priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

    8The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its poles from above.

  • Heb 9:5
    82%

    5Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot now speak about these things in detail.

  • Ezek 1:11
    78%

    11Their faces and their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings touching those of another and two covering their bodies.

  • Ezek 1:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads.

    23Under the expanse, their wings were spread out straight, one toward another, and each creature had two wings covering its body on one side and two wings covering its body on the other side.

  • Exod 39:35
    76%

    35The Ark of the Covenant with its poles and the atonement cover were brought as well.

  • Exod 26:34
    76%

    34You shall place the mercy seat on the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

  • Ezek 11:22
    75%

    22Then the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

  • Exod 35:12
    75%

    12The ark with its poles, the atonement cover, and the curtain to shield it.

  • Exod 31:7
    75%

    7the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant, and the atonement cover upon it, and all the furnishings of the tent,

  • Ezek 10:5
    74%

    5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

  • Ezek 10:8
    74%

    8Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen something like the form of a human hand.

  • Ezek 1:8
    74%

    8Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. All four of them had faces and wings.

  • Ezek 10:1
    74%

    1I looked, and I saw above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, resembling the appearance of a throne, appearing over them.

  • Ezek 10:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15The cherubim rose upward; they were the living beings I had seen by the Kebar River.

    16When the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them, and when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not turn away but stayed close to them.

  • Ezek 10:3
    74%

    3The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court.

  • Num 7:89
    74%

    89Whenever Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the atonement cover that was on the ark of the covenant, between the two cherubim. And the LORD spoke to him.

  • Ezek 10:19
    73%

    19As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose from the ground, with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance to the eastern gate of the LORD's house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

  • Exod 36:35
    73%

    35They made the curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.

  • Ezek 41:18
    73%

    18It was decorated with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces.

  • Isa 6:2
    73%

    2Above Him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

  • 1 Chr 28:18
    72%

    18Furthermore, he designated the refined gold for the altar of incense and for the design of the chariot—that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and cover the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • Ezek 10:21
    72%

    21Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands.

  • Exod 40:20
    72%

    20He took the testimony and placed it in the ark, inserted the poles into the ark, and set the atonement cover on top of the ark.

  • Ezek 1:26
    72%

    26Above the expanse over their heads was something like a throne, resembling a sapphire stone. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a human seated above it.

  • Exod 26:31
    72%

    31You shall make a veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn, and of finely twisted linen, with cherubim skillfully woven into it by a craftsman.