The South Gate
Ezekiel 40:24
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
- KJV
- ¶ After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
- WEB
- He led me toward the south; and behold, there was a gate toward the south. He measured its posts and its arches according to these measurements.
- ASV
- And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
- LSV
- And he causes me to go southward, and behold, a gate southward, and he has measured its posts and its arches according to these measurements;
- YLT
- And he causeth me to go southward, and lo, a gate southward, and he hath measured its posts and its arches according to these measures;
- DBY
- And he brought me toward the south: and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its posts and its projections according to these measures.
- DRC
- And he brought me out to the way of the south, and behold the gate that looked to the south: and he measured the front thereof, and the porch thereof according to the former measures.
- GNV
- After that, he brought mee towarde the South, and loe, there was a gate towarde the South, and hee measured the postes thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.
- JPS
- And he led me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south; and he measured the posts thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.
- LXXE
- And he brought me to the south side, and behold a gate looking southwards: and he measured it, and its chambers, and its posts, and its porches, according to these dimensions.
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- Written (Ketiv): אֵילוֹ (“pillar its”). Read aloud (Qere): אֵילָיו֙ (“pillars its”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): וְאֵילַמּוֹ (“and porch its”). Read aloud (Qere): וְאֵ֣ילַמָּ֔יו (“and porches its”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads אֵילָו֙; read aloud (Qere) reads אֵילָיו֙ (“pillars its”).
- Leningrad Codex reads וְאֵ֣ילַמָּ֔ו; read aloud (Qere) reads וְאֵ֣ילַמָּ֔יו (“and porches its”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיּוֹלִכֵ֨נִי֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַדָּר֔וֹם וְהִנֵּה־שַׁ֖עַר דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַדָּר֑וֹם וּמָדַ֤ד אילו ואילמו כַּמִּדּ֖וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃Read aloud as (qere): אֵילָיו֙Read aloud as (qere): וְאֵ֣ילַמָּ֔יו
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἤγαγέ με κατὰ Νότον, καὶ ἰδοὺ πύλη βλέπουσα πρὸς Νότον, καὶ διεμέτρησεν αὐτὴν, καὶ τὰ θεὲ, καὶ τὰ αἰλεῦ, καὶ τὰ αἰλαμμὼν, κατὰ τὰ μέτρα ταῦτα.
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- Ezekiel 40:20–21He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north. Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty…
- Ezekiel 40:6Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
- Ezekiel 46:9When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate.…
- Ezekiel 40:33Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:35–36Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others, as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and…
- Ezekiel 40:28–29Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others. Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the…
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