Exodus 37:9

The cherubim were spreading their wings ¹  upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim ²  faced each other, ³  looking toward the atonement lid. ⁴ 

biblegateway Exo 37:9

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

biblegateway Exo 37:9

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

biblegateway Exo 37:9

The cherubim faced each other as they looked down on the atonement cover, and their wings were stretched out above the atonement cover to protect it.

biblegateway Exo 37:9

The angels had outstretched wings and appeared to hover over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on the Atonement-Cover.

SABDAweb Exo 37:9

And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.

bibleoremus Exo 37:9

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

biblegateway Exo 37:9

The cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

biblegateway Exo 37:9

The cherubim were spreading their wings ¹  upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim ²  faced each other, ³  looking toward the atonement lid. ⁴ 

¹ tn The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings” – “spreaders of wings.”

² tn “The cherubim” has been placed here instead of in the second clause to produce a smoother translation.

³ tn Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”

⁴ tn Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”