1 Kings 6:28

Easy-to-Read Version

The two Cherub angels were covered with gold.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Hebrew Names Version
He overlaid the Keruvim with gold.

King James Version
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

English Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New Century Version
These two creatures were covered with gold.

New English Translation
He plated the cherubim with gold.

Amplified Bible
Solomon also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New American Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he ouerlaied the Cherubims with golde.

Legacy Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Contemporary English Version
The creatures were also covered with gold.

Complete Jewish Bible
He overlaid the k'ruvim with gold.

Darby Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

George Lamsa Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with pure gold.

Good News Translation
The two winged creatures were covered with gold.

Lexham English Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Literal Translation
And he overlaid the cherubs with gold.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he ouerlayed the Cherubins with golde.

American Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Bible in Basic English
These winged ones were plated over with gold.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he ouerlayde the Cherubs with golde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

King James Version (1611)
And he ouerlayd the Cherubims with golde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this work of the bases was formed with a border the them, and there was a border between the ledges.

English Revised Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Berean Standard Bible
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he hilide the cherubyns with gold,

Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth the cherubs with gold,

Update Bible Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

World English Bible
He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New King James Version
Also he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New Living Translation
He overlaid the two cherubim with gold.

New Life Bible
He covered the cherubim with gold.

New Revised Standard
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

Revised Standard Version
And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ the stone walls inside the Temple were covered with cedar boards from floor to ceiling. Then the stone floor was covered with pine boards. ¹⁶ They built an inner room 20 cubits long in the back part of the Temple. This room was called the Most Holy Place. They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards, from floor to ceiling. ¹⁷ In front of the Most Holy Place was the main part of the Temple. This room was 40 cubits long. ¹⁸ They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards—none of the stones in the walls could be seen. They carved pictures of flowers and gourds into the cedar. ¹⁹ Solomon finished the inner room in the back part of the Temple. This room was for the Box of the Lord 's Agreement. ²⁰ This room was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high. Solomon covered this room with pure gold. He also covered the cedar altar with gold. ²¹ He covered the inside of the Temple with pure gold and wrapped gold chains around it. ²² The inside of the Temple was covered with gold, and the altar in front of the Most Holy Place was covered with gold. ²³ The workers made two statues of Cherub angels with wings. They made the statues from olive wood and put them in the Most Holy Place. Each angel was 10 cubits tall. ²⁴Both Cherub angels were the same size and built the same way. Each one had two wings. Each wing was 5 cubits long. From the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was 10 cubits. And each Cherub angel was 10 cubits tall.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. Which may denote the purity and excellency of angels; or the precious gifts and graces of the Spirit, with which the witnesses of Christ are adorned.