1 Kings 8:7
World English Bible (WEB)
For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
In context
5 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
6 The priests brought in the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
7 For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
8 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside. They are there to this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 8:7 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
- KJV King James Version
- For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;
- DBY Darby Translation
- for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staffs thereof above.