2 Chronicles 5:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.”
2 Chronicles 5:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Chronicles 5:8 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 2 Chronicles 5:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
2 Chronicles 5:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.”
2 Chronicles 5:8 — World English Bible
2 Chronicles 5:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. ”
2 Chronicles 5:8 — American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 5:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above;”
2 Chronicles 5:8 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 5:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above. ”
2 Chronicles 5:8 — Darby Translation
2 Chronicles 5:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke and the barres thereof aboue.”
2 Chronicles 5:8 — Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 5:8 in Context — 2 Chronicles 5
6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
What Does 2 Chronicles 5:8 Mean?
2 Chronicles 5:8 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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