Ezekiel 42:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred rods long and five hundred rods wide, to separate the holy from the common.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall all around, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred wide, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the common place.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    He measured{H4058} it on the four{H702} sides:{H7307} it had a wall{H2346} round about,{H5439} the length{H753} five{H2568} hundred,{H3967} and the breadth{H7341} five{H2568} hundred,{H3967} to make a separation{H914} between that which was holy{H6944} and that which was common.{H2455}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    He measured{H4058}{(H8804)} it by the four{H702} sides{H7307}: it had a wall{H2346} round about{H5439}, five{H2568} hundred{H3967} reeds long{H753}, and five{H2568} hundred{H3967} broad{H7341}, to make a separation{H914}{(H8687)} between the sanctuary{H6944} and the profane place{H2455}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So he measured all ye foure sydes where there wente a wall rounde aboute v.C. meteroddes longe, and as brode also, which separated the holy from the vnholy.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He measured it by the foure sides: it had a wall round about, fiue hundreth reedes long, and fiue hundreth broade to make a separation betweene the Sanctuarie, and the prophane place.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    So he measured it by the foure sides: it had a wall round about fyue hundred canes long, and fiue hundred broade, to make a separation betweene the sanctuarie, and the prophane place.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred [reeds] long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    At the four sides he hath measured it, a wall `is' to it all round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to separate between the holy and the profane place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common. [

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He took its measure on the four sides: and it had a wall all round, five hundred long and five hundred wide, separating what was holy from what was common.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall around it, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 45:2 : 2 Out of this, a square plot of five hundred by five hundred cubits will be for the sanctuary, with a fifty-cubit-wide open space surrounding it.
  • Ezek 22:26 : 26 Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common or teach the difference between the unclean and the clean. They shut their eyes to my Sabbaths, and so I am profaned among them.
  • 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 44:23 : 23 They are to teach My people the difference between what is holy and what is common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
  • Ezek 48:15 : 15 The remaining area, which is 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 cubits long, shall be considered common land for the city, for dwelling places, and for open spaces. The city itself shall be in the midst of it.
  • Isa 60:18 : 18 Violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. You will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
  • Luke 16:26 : 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'
  • Rev 21:10-27 : 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its radiance was like a very precious jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates were twelve angels, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city was laid out as a square; its length was as great as its width. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand stadia. Its length, width, and height were equal. 17 He measured its wall to be one hundred forty-four cubits, by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as clear as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates will never be shut by day, and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Ezek 48:20 : 20 The entire contribution shall measure 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits, forming a square, and this will include the holy portion and the city’s property.
  • Mic 7:11 : 11 The day for rebuilding your walls will come; on that day, the boundary will be extended far and wide.
  • Lev 10:10 : 10 You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.
  • Song 2:9 : 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
  • Isa 25:1 : 1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness.
  • Isa 26:1 : 1 On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city; salvation will God set as walls and ramparts.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 89%

    15 When 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Ezek 45:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 When you divide the land as an inheritance, you are to set apart a portion of the land as a holy offering to the Lord. The length is to be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand cubits. It will be a holy area throughout its entire boundary.

    2 Out of this, a square plot of five hundred by five hundred cubits will be for the sanctuary, with a fifty-cubit-wide open space surrounding it.

    3 From this measured area, you are to measure twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width. Within it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

  • Ezek 41:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1 Then 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.

    2 The 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.

    3 Then 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.

    4 He measured the length of the room as twenty cubits and its width as twenty cubits in front of the temple. He said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."

    5 Then 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.

  • 80%

    15 The remaining area, which is 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 cubits long, shall be considered common land for the city, for dwelling places, and for open spaces. The city itself shall be in the midst of it.

    16 These are its measurements: the northern side shall be 4,500 cubits wide, the southern side 4,500 cubits, the eastern side 4,500 cubits, and the western side 4,500 cubits.

    17 The city's open land shall measure 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.

  • 80%

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

    48 Then 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.

  • Ezek 41:9-15
    7 verses
    79%

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

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

    11 The 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.

    12 The 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.

    13 Then he measured the temple. It was one hundred cubits long, and the separate courtyard, building, and its walls were also one hundred cubits long.

    14 The width of the front of the temple and the separate courtyard to the east was one hundred cubits.

    15 He 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 42:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • 78%

    21 Then he led me to the outer courtyard and brought me around to the four corners of the courtyard. And in each corner of the courtyard, I saw a separate courtyard.

    22 In the four corners of the courtyard were enclosed courtyards, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. They all had the same dimensions and were enclosed on all four sides.

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

  • Ezek 48:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8 Next to the territory of Judah, from the eastern border to the western border, shall be the portion you set apart as a special contribution, 25,000 cubits wide and as long as the portions from east to west; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.

    9 The special contribution that you shall set apart for the Lord shall measure 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 cubits in width.

    10 This holy contribution shall be for the priests: 25,000 cubits on the north side, 10,000 cubits in width on the west side, 10,000 cubits in width on the east side, and 25,000 cubits in length on the south side. In its center shall be the sanctuary of the Lord.

  • 77%

    19 Then 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.

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

    21 Its 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.

  • 76%

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

    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.

  • 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 40:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

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

  • 76%

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

    13 He 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.

  • 5 You shall measure from outside the city: two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand on the south side, two thousand on the west side, and two thousand on the north side, with the city in the middle. This shall be their pasture lands for the cities.

  • 75%

    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.

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

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

  • 6 You are to allot a portion for the city, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand cubits in length, alongside the portion set apart for the holy offering. This will belong to the entire house of Israel.

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

  • 23 There 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.