Ezekiel 40:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen line in his hand and a measuring reed, and he stood in the gateway.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He 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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thither he caried me, and beholde, there was a man, whose similitude was like brasse, which had a threde of flax in his honde, and a meterodde also. He stode in the dore,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he brought me thither, and beholde, there was a man, whose similitude was to looke to, like brasse, with a linnen thread in his hand, and a reede to measure with: and he stoode at the gate.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thyther he caried me, and behold there was a man, whose similitude was like brasse, whiche had a twisted line of flax in his hand, and a cane to measure with: and he stoode in the doore.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he brought me thither, and, behold, [there was] a man, whose appearance [was] like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And He bringeth me in thither, and lo, a man, his appearance as the appearance of brass, and a thread of flax in his hand, and a measuring-reed, and he is standing at the gate,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He took me there, and I saw a man, looking like brass, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod: and he was stationed in the doorway.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 47:3 : 3 And when the man who had the measuring line in his hand went eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and brought me through the waters; the waters were ankle-deep.
  • Rev 11:1 : 1 And there was given to me a reed like a rod, and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship there.
  • Rev 1:15 : 15 And his feet like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace; and his voice like the sound of many waters.
  • Ezek 1:7 : 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass.
  • Zech 2:1-2 : 1 I lifted my eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then I said, 'Where are you going?' And he said to me, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.'
  • Rev 21:15 : 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates of it, and the wall of it.
  • Dan 10:5-6 : 5 Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. 6 His body also was like beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like polished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.
  • Ezek 1:27 : 27 And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire all around within it, from the appearance of his waist even upward, and from the appearance of his waist even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness all around.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
  • Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

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  • Ezek 40:1-2
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    1In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, on the same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and brought me there.

    2In the visions of God, He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on which was something like the structure of a city to the south.

  • Ezek 40:4-11
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    4The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."

    5There was a wall all around the outside of the temple, and in the man's hand was a measuring reed six cubits long, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the width of the wall structure, one reed, and the height, one reed.

    6Then 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.

    7Each 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.

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    10In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were of the same size, and the posts had the same size on this side and that.

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  • Ezek 40:32
    81%

    32He brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these measurements.

  • Zech 2:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1I lifted my eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

    2Then I said, 'Where are you going?' And he said to me, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.'

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  • Ezek 40:35
    79%

    35He brought me to the north gate and measured it according to these same measurements.

  • Ezek 40:27-28
    2 verses
    78%

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    28Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate according to these same measurements.

  • Ezek 40:23-24
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    23A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gate, just as the eastern gate; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.

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    2 verses
    77%

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    15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates of it, and the wall of it.

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  • Ezek 40:17-20
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  • Ezek 8:2
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