The Outer Measurements
Ezekiel 42:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.See LXX; five hundred cubits from verse 17 LXX and implied in verses 16, 18, 19, and 20 is approximately 875 feet or 266.7 meters in length. Hebrew five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about, that is approximately 5,250 feet or 1,600 meters; similarly in verses 17, 18, 19, and 20.
- KJV
- He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.side: Heb. wind
- WEB
- He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.
- ASV
- He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
- LSV
- He has measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed all around.
- YLT
- He hath measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.
- DBY
- He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.
- DRC
- And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
- GNV
- He measured the East side with the measuring rod, fiue hundreth reedes, euen with the measuring reede round about.
- JPS
- He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
- LXXE
- And he stood behind the gate looking eastward, and measured five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
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- Written (Ketiv): אַמּוֹת (“cubits”). Read aloud (Qere): מֵא֥וֹת (“hundreds”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אֵמ֥וֹת; read aloud (Qere) reads מֵא֥וֹת (“hundreds”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מָדַ֛ד ר֥וּחַ הַקָּדִ֖ים בִּקְנֵ֣ה הַמִּדָּ֑ה חֲמֵשׁ־אמות קָנִ֛ים בִּקְנֵ֥ה הַמִּדָּ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃Read aloud as (qere): מֵא֥וֹת
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἔστη κατὰ νώτου τῆς πύλης τῆς βλεπούσης κατὰ ἀνατολὰς, καὶ διεμέτρησε πεντακοσίους ἐν τῷ καλάμῳ τοῦ μέτρου.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 40:3So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
- Revelation 11:1–2Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it,…
- Zechariah 2:1Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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