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Exodus 37:9

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37:9The cherubim were spreading their wings7 upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim8 faced each other,9 looking toward the atonement lid.10

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Footnotes

  1. 7 The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings”—“spreaders of wings.”
  2. 8 “The cherubim” has been placed here instead of in the second clause to produce a smoother translation.
  3. 9 Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”
  4. 10 Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

NLTNew Living Translation

The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.

KJV 1900King James 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.