2 Chronicles 3:11
9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
12 The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.
13 So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
- KJV
- And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the 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.
- WEB
- The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- ASV
- And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the 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.
- DARBY
- And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
- BLB
- and the wings of the cherubim, their length twenty cubits, the wing of the one five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
- ÅB
- Kjerubenes vinger var tyve alen i lengde; den ene vinge på den ene kjerub var fem alen og rørte ved husets vegg, og den annen vinge var fem alen og rørte ved den annen kjerubs vinge;
- OTB
- Kjerubenes vingespenn var tjue alen:
vingen til den ene, fem alen, rørte ved husets vegg,
og dens andre vinge, fem alen, rørte ved vingen til den andre kjeruben. - B1930
- Kjerubenes vinger var tyve alen i lengde; den ene vinge på den ene kjerub var fem alen og rørte ved husets vegg, og den annen vinge var fem alen og rørte ved den annen kjerubs vinge;