Verse 9

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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kjerubene hadde utstrakte vinger som løftet seg oppover, de dekket soningslokket med vingene, ansiktene vendte mot hverandre, og de så mot lokket.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Kjerubene spredte ut vingene sine oppover og dekket soningslokket med vingene sine, ansikt til ansikt, mot soningslokket var ansiktene deres vendt.

• Norsk King James

  Og kjerubene brettet ut vingene sine høyt over tilgivelsesstedet og dekket den, med ansiktene vendt mot hverandre; kjerubene hadde også ansiktene vendt mot tilgivelsesstedet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kjerubene strakte vingene sine oppover, og dekket soningens lokk med vingene sine; ansiktene deres vendte mot hverandre, og kjerubenes ansikter var vendt mot soningens lokk.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Kjerubene strakte vingene oppover, dekket lokket med vingene, og ansiktene deres vendte mot hverandre. Kjerubenes ansikter vendte mot lokket.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Kjerubene spredte ut vingene høyt ovenfor og dekket nådestolen med vingene, med ansiktene vendt mot hverandre; kjerubene så mot nådestolen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Kerubene bredte ut sine vinger høyt og dekket forsoningslokken med dem, med ansiktene vendt mot hverandre, slik at deres blikk vendte mot forsoningslokken.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Kjerubene spredte ut vingene høyt ovenfor og dekket nådestolen med vingene, med ansiktene vendt mot hverandre; kjerubene så mot nådestolen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kjerubene hadde vingene utstrakt oppover, slik at de dekket soningslokket, og vendt mot hverandre, med ansiktene mot lokket.

• 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.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  9.37: Kjerubene bredte ut vingene oppover, slik at de dekket soningslokket med vingene, og ansiktene var vendt mot hverandre, rettet mot soningslokket. Sela.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Cherubim udbredte (deres) Vinger ovenover, og skjulte over Naadestolen med deres Vinger; og deres Ansigter vare den enes mod den andens, Cherubims Ansigter vare mod Naadestolen.

• 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kjerubene spredte ut sine vinger oppover og dekket soningslokket med vingene sine, mens ansiktene vendte mot hverandre; kjerubenes ansikter var vendt mot soningslokket.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kjerubene spredte sine vinger oppover, og dekket nådestolen med vingene sine, med ansiktene vendt mot hverandre. Kjerubenes ansikter var vendt mot nådestolen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Kjerubene bredte ut sine vinger oppover, dekket nådestolen med vingene sine, og ansiktene vendte mot hverandre; mot nådestolen vendte kjerubenes ansikter.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kjerubene bredte sine vinger oppover, så de dekket nådestolen med vingene, og deres ansikter vendte mot hverandre; deres ansikter vendte mot nådestolen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og vingene deres var strakt ut over lokket; ansiktene til de bevingede vesenene var vendt mot hverandre og vendt mot lokket.

• 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.

• 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.