Ezekiel 40:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Each gate chamber was one reed long and one reed wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits, and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one reed.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    betwene the chambers were fyue cubites. The poste of the dore within the porche, was one meterodde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And euery chamber was one reede long, & one reede broad, & betweene the chambers were fiue cubites: & the post of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reede.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And euery chamber was one cane long and one cane broade, and betweene the chambers were fiue cubites: and the post of the gate by the porche of the gate within, was one cane.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And [every] little chamber [was] one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers [were] five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within [was] one reed.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the little chamber one reed long and one reed broad, and between the little chambers five cubits, and the threshold of the gate, from the side of the porch of the gate from within, one reed.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and `the space' between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the watchmen's rooms were one rod long and one rod wide; and the space between the rooms was five cubits; the doorstep of the doorway, by the covered way of the doorway inside, was one rod.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 40:36 : 36 Its 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.
  • Ezek 42:5 : 5 The upper chambers were shorter because the galleries took away space from them, compared to the lower and middle tiers of the building.
  • 1 Kgs 6:5-9 : 5 He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around. 6 The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house. 7 The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built. 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. 9 So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards. 10 He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.
  • 1 Chr 9:26 : 26 For these four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the chambers and the treasuries of the house of God because of their faithfulness.
  • 1 Chr 23:28 : 28 Their job was to assist the descendants of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, overseeing the courtyards, the rooms, the ceremonial cleansing of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God.
  • 2 Chr 3:9 : 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he also overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
  • 2 Chr 31:11 : 11 Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.
  • Ezra 8:29 : 29 Be diligent and guard them until you weigh them out in the presence of the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the LORD.
  • Jer 35:4 : 4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah, son of Shallum, the gatekeeper.
  • Ezek 40:29 : 29 Its 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 40:33 : 33 Its 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 40:8-17
    10 verses
    89%

    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.

    16The gateway had windows with beveled frames facing inward toward the guardrooms and to their posts on all sides. The same applied to the porches. Around the gateway, windows were also built, and representations of palm trees decorated its posts.

    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.

  • Ezek 40:5-6
    2 verses
    88%

    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.

    6Then he went to the gateway that faced east, climbed its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate as one rod wide.

  • Ezek 40:19-21
    3 verses
    86%

    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.

  • Ezek 40:47-49
    3 verses
    85%

    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 40:35-36
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Ezek 40:32-33
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Ezek 40:27-30
    4 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.

    30The porches stretched all around, with a length of twenty-five cubits and a width of five cubits.

  • Ezek 41:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    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 40:23-25
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    25The gate and its porches had windows all around, like the other windows—fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

  • Ezek 41:8-12
    5 verses
    81%

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

    9The outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits thick, and there was a free space of open ground around the temple.

    10There was a space of twenty cubits between the side chambers and the outer chambers, all around the temple.

    11The entrances to the side chambers opened into the free space, with one entrance facing north and another facing south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around.

    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 42:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

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

    3It faced the twenty cubits belonging to the inner court and the pavement belonging to the outer court, with a gallery facing a gallery, set in three tiers.

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

  • Ezek 41:15
    80%

    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 41:5
    80%

    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 42:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7There was a wall on the outside beside the chambers, parallel to the outer court—a wall fifty cubits long.

    8For the length of the chambers belonging to the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas those that faced the temple were one hundred cubits long.

  • Ezek 42:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10On the width of the wall of the courtyard, facing the separated area and the building, on the east side, were chambers.

    11The passageway in front of them matched the appearance of the chambers on the north; they had the same length and width, with identical exits, designs, and entrances.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6
    79%

    6He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
    78%

    17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was forty cubits long.

  • 1 Kgs 6:6
    77%

    6The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house.

  • Ezek 42:15
    77%

    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.