Exodus 25:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look toward one another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And 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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the cherubyns shall stretch their wynges abrode ouer an hye, ad couer the mercy seate with their wynges, and theyr faces shall loke one to another: eue to the mercyseate warde, shall the faces of the cherubyns be.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the Cherubyns shall sprede out their wynges ouer an hye, yt they maye couer ye Mercyseate wt their wynges: & yt either their faces maye be right ouer one agaynst another, and their faces shal loke vnto the Mercyseate.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Cherubims shall stretche their winges on hie, couering the Mercie seate with their winges, and their faces one to another: to the Mercie seate warde shal the faces of the Cherubims be.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the Cherubins shal stretch foorth theyr winges abrode ouer an hye, couering the mercy seate with their winges, and their faces shall loke one to another: euen to the mercy seateward shall the faces of the Cherubins be.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:7 : 7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
  • 1 Chr 28:18 : 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
  • Heb 9:5 : 5 And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak in detail.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which have now been reported to you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
  • Rev 5:11-12 : 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.
  • Gen 28:12 : 12 And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
  • Exod 25:18 : 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, at the two ends of the mercy seat.
  • 2 Chr 3:10 : 10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
  • Isa 6:1-5 : 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said, Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory. 4 And the posts of the door were shaken at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, Woe is me, for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • Ezek 1:20 : 20 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went, there was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
  • Ezek 28:14 : 14 You are the anointed cherub who covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • John 1:51 : 51 And he said to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
  • 1 Cor 4:9 : 9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
  • 1 Cor 11:10 : 10 For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • Col 2:10 : 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power:
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 37:6-9
    4 verses
    94%

    6And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two and a half cubits was its length, and one and a half cubits its width.

    7And he made two cherubim of gold, made of hammered work, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

    8One cherub on one end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.

    9And 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.

  • Exod 25:17-19
    3 verses
    87%

    17And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

    18And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, at the two ends of the mercy seat.

    19Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; from the mercy seat you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.

  • 2 Chr 3:10-14
    5 verses
    85%

    10And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

    11And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

    12And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was also five cubits, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

    13The wings of these cherubim spread out twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

    14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it.

  • 2 Chr 5:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    7And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:23-28
    6 verses
    81%

    23And inside the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

    24And 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.

    25And the other cherub was ten cubits; both cherubim were of the same measure and size.

    26The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.

    27And he set the cherubim inside the inner house; and they stretched out the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched each other in the middle of the house.

    28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

    7For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

  • Exod 25:21-22
    2 verses
    80%

    21And you shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

    22There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

  • Heb 9:5
    80%

    5And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak in detail.

  • Exod 26:34
    77%

    34And you shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

  • Ezek 1:11
    77%

    11Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each were joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.

  • Ezek 1:23
    76%

    23And under the firmament were their wings straight, one toward the other: each one had two, which covered on this side, and each one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

  • Ezek 11:22
    75%

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

  • Exod 39:35
    75%

    35The ark of the testimony, its poles, and the mercy seat,

  • Exod 35:12
    75%

    12The ark, and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering,

  • Ezek 10:5
    74%

    5And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.

  • Ezek 10:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

    16And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them: and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.

  • Exod 40:20
    74%

    20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

  • Ezek 10:1
    74%

    1Then I looked, and, behold, in the sky above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them what looked like a sapphire stone, resembling a throne.

  • Ezek 10:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and rose from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels were also beside them, and everyone stood at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

    20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.

    21Each one had four faces, and each one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

  • Exod 26:31
    73%

    31And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen; with cherubim shall it be made, of skillful work.

  • Ezek 1:8
    73%

    8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings.

  • Ezek 1:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

    26And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

  • Ezek 10:8
    73%

    8And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.

  • Ezek 41:18
    73%

    18And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

  • Exod 30:6
    72%

    6And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

  • 1 Chr 28:18
    72%

    18And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • Exod 31:7
    72%

    7The tabernacle of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

  • Num 7:89
    72%

    89And when Moses went into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with Him, then he heard the voice of One speaking to him from the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and He spoke to him.

  • Ezek 10:3
    72%

    3Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.