Ezekiel 40:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then he went to the gateway that faced east, climbed its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate as one rod wide.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then he went to the gateway facing east and went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one reed wide, and the other threshold was also one reed wide.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then came he vnto the eastdore, and wente vp the stares, & measured the postes of the dore: wherof euery one was a meterodde thicke. Euery chambre was a meterodde longe and brode:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then came he vnto the gate, which looketh towarde the East, and went vp the stayres thereof, and measured the poste of the gate, which was one reede broade, and the other poste of the gate, which was one reede broade.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then came he to the gate which loketh toward the east, and went vp the staires therof, and measured the post of the gate one cane broade, and the other post of the gate one cane broade.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, [which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold [of the gate, which was] one reed broad.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he cometh in unto the gate whose front `is' eastward, and he goeth up by its steps, and he measureth the threshold of the gate one reed broad, even the one threshold one reed broad,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then he came to the doorway looking to the east, and went up by its steps; and he took the measure of the doorstep, one rod wide.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 8:16 : 16 Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, bowing down to the sun in the east.
  • Ezek 43:1 : 1 Then He brought me to the gate, the one that faces east.
  • Ezek 40:20 : 20 He measured a gate that faced north, belonging to the outer courtyard. Its length and width were measured.
  • Ezek 11:1 : 1 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the house of the Lord, which faces eastward, and I saw twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
  • Ezek 40:5 : 5 Behold, a wall surrounded the temple area. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the width of the structure as one rod and its height as one rod.
  • Ezek 40:7 : 7 Each guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide, and the space between the guardrooms was five cubits. The threshold of the gateway at the porch of the gate, located toward the inside, was also one rod.
  • Ezek 10:18 : 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.
  • 1 Kgs 6:8 : 8 The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the south side of the house, with stairs going up to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
  • 1 Chr 9:18 : 18 Up to now, these gatekeepers have been stationed at the King’s Gate on the east. They belonged to the divisions of the Levites.
  • 1 Chr 9:24 : 24 The gatekeepers were positioned on all four sides: east, west, north, and south.
  • Neh 3:29 : 29 After them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. After him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Behold our shield, O God, and look with favor upon Your anointed.
  • Jer 19:2 : 2 Go out to the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate, and there proclaim the words I tell you.
  • Ezek 40:26 : 26 Its staircase had seven steps, leading up to it, and its porches were in front of them. It also had palm tree decorations, one on each side of its posts.
  • Ezek 43:8 : 8 When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I consumed them in my anger.
  • Ezek 44:1 : 1 Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faced east; but it was shut.
  • Ezek 46:1-2 : 1 This is what the Lord God says: The gate of the inner courtyard that faces east will remain closed during the six working days. But on the Sabbath day and the day of the new moon, it will be opened. 2 The prince will enter from outside through the portico of the gate and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the gateway of the gate. Then he will go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening.
  • Ezek 46:12 : 12 When the prince makes a freewill offering, whether a burnt offering or peace offerings to the Lord, the gate that faces east shall be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be closed after he leaves.
  • Ezek 47:1 : 1 He brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the temple faced east. The water was flowing down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 40:7-15
    9 verses
    90%

    7Each guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide, and the space between the guardrooms was five cubits. The threshold of the gateway at the porch of the gate, located toward the inside, was also one rod.

    8He measured the porch of the gateway, which faced the interior, as one rod.

    9He measured the porch of the gate as eight cubits, and its pilasters as two cubits. The porch of the gate faced inward.

    10There were three guardrooms on either side of the east-facing gateway, all of them were of equal dimension. The pilasters on either side also measured the same.

    11He measured the width of the gate opening as ten cubits and the length of the gateway as thirteen cubits.

    12There was a border of one cubit in front of the guardrooms on either side, and each guardroom was six cubits square on both sides.

    13He measured the gateway from the roof of one guardroom to the roof of the opposite one; the width was twenty-five cubits. Doorway faced doorway.

    14He made the pilasters sixty cubits high, and the court was surrounded by the gate.

    15And the entire length of the gateway, from the front of the entrance to the inner porch of the gate, was fifty cubits.

  • Ezek 40:32-37
    6 verses
    86%

    32Then he brought me to the inner courtyard, facing east, measured the gate, and its dimensions were the same as the others.

    33Its guardrooms, posts, and porches had the same measurements as the others. Windows were all around the gate and its porches. The total length was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

    34Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm tree decorations were on its posts, one on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

    35He brought me to the north gate and measured it. Its dimensions were the same as the others.

    36Its guardrooms, posts, and porches matched the measurements of the others. Windows were all around. The length of the gate was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

    37Its porch faced the outer courtyard, with palm tree decorations on its posts, one on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

  • Ezek 40:5
    85%

    5Behold, a wall surrounded the temple area. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the width of the structure as one rod and its height as one rod.

  • Ezek 40:47-49
    3 verses
    84%

    47He measured the courtyard as one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, forming a square. The altar was in front of the temple.

    48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the pilasters of the porch; they were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other. The width of the entrance was three cubits on each side.

    49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and its width was eleven cubits. On the steps leading up to it were columns, one on each side, at the entrance.

  • Ezek 41:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1Then he brought me into the temple and measured the pillars: six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side, the width of the structure.

    2The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other. He measured the length of the temple as forty cubits, and its width as twenty cubits.

    3Then he went inside and measured the jambs of the entrance, which were two cubits; the entrance itself was six cubits, and the width of the entrance was seven cubits.

  • Ezek 40:17-24
    8 verses
    83%

    17Then he brought me to the outer courtyard, where there were chambers and a paved surface created all around the courtyard. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.

    18The pavement ran alongside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

    19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner courtyard's gate; it was one hundred cubits eastward and northward.

    20He measured a gate that faced north, belonging to the outer courtyard. Its length and width were measured.

    21Its guardrooms—three on each side—its posts and its porches had the same dimensions as the first gate, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

    22Its windows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations were designed similarly to the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porches were in front of them.

    23There was a gate to the inner courtyard opposite the northern and the eastern gates, and he measured the distance—one hundred cubits from gate to gate.

    24Then he led me southward, where I saw a gate facing south. He measured its posts and its porches, and their dimensions matched those of the others.

  • Ezek 40:27-29
    3 verses
    83%

    27A gate to the inner courtyard facing south was opposite this gate. He measured from gate to gate, and it was one hundred cubits.

    28Then he brought me through the south gate into the inner courtyard, where he measured this gate, and it had the same dimensions as the others.

    29Its guardrooms, posts, and porches had the same measurements as the others. The gate and its porches had windows all around, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

  • Ezek 42:15-19
    5 verses
    81%

    15When he had finished measuring the inner temple area, he brought me out through the gate that faced east, and he measured all around the area.

    16He measured the eastern side with the measuring reed; it was five hundred rods with the measuring reed all around.

    17He measured the northern side; it was five hundred rods with the measuring reed all around.

    18He measured the southern side; it was five hundred rods with the measuring reed.

    19Finally, he turned to the western side and measured five hundred rods with the measuring reed.

  • Ezek 40:3
    81%

    3He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring rod, and he was standing in the gateway.

  • Ezek 41:5
    78%

    5Then he measured the wall of the temple, which was six cubits thick, and the width of the side rooms surrounding the temple was four cubits.

  • Ezek 42:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Then he brought me out to the outer court, leading me in the direction of the north, and he brought me to the chamber that faced the separated area and the building, toward the north.

    2In front of the length of one hundred cubits was the north-facing entrance, and it was fifty cubits wide.

  • Ezek 41:8
    77%

    8I also saw that the temple had a raised base all around it. This foundation for the side chambers was six cubits high.

  • Ezek 43:1
    77%

    1Then He brought me to the gate, the one that faces east.

  • Ezek 41:17
    77%

    17From above the entrance to the inner house and on the outside, and on all the walls all around, both inside and out, there were measurements.

  • Ezek 41:15
    77%

    15He measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the back, along with its galleries on either side, which were one hundred cubits. The interior of the temple and the porches of the courtyard were also measured.

  • Ezek 41:12
    76%

    12The building facing the courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits wide, and its wall was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.

  • Ezek 42:4
    76%

    4Opposite the chambers was a walkway ten cubits wide and one cubit long, and their entrances faced the north.

  • Rev 11:1
    75%

    1Then I was given a measuring rod, like a staff, and the angel stood saying, "Get up and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

  • Rev 21:15
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    15The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.