Exodus 37:9

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.

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Other Translations

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • 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 25:20 : 20 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.
  • Isa 6:2 : 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.
  • Ezek 10:1-9 : 1 Then 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. 2 And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in, in my sight. 3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. 5 And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks. 6 And it happened, that when he commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took it, and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out. 8 And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the color of a beryl stone. 10 And regarding their appearances, the four had one likeness, as if one wheel was within another wheel. 11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they did not turn as they went, but they followed wherever the head looked; they did not turn as they went. 12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, the wheels that they four had. 13 As for the wheels, it was called to them in my hearing, O wheel. 14 And each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, the second was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 16 And 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. 17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. 19 And 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. 20 This 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. 21 Each one had four faces, and each one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they each went straight forward.
  • 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.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
  • 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,
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?
  • 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.

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%

    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.

    20And 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.

    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.

  • Exod 37:6-8
    3 verses
    87%

    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.

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

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

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

    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.

  • 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.

  • Heb 9:5
    82%

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

  • Ezek 1:11
    78%

    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 1:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of an awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

    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.

  • Exod 39:35
    76%

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

  • Exod 26:34
    76%

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

  • 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 35:12
    75%

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

  • Exod 31:7
    75%

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

  • 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 10:8
    74%

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

  • Ezek 1:8
    74%

    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 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 10:15-16
    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.

  • Ezek 10:3
    74%

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

  • Num 7:89
    74%

    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 10:19
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 36:35
    73%

    35And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finely twisted linen: he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman.

  • 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;

  • Isa 6:2
    73%

    2Above 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.

  • 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.

  • Ezek 10:21
    72%

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

  • Exod 40:20
    72%

    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 1:26
    72%

    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.

  • Exod 26:31
    72%

    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.