Ezekiel 40:9

Good News Translation

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
it was 14 feet, and its jambs were 3½ feet. The gate’s portico was on the temple side.

Hebrew Names Version
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

King James Version
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

English Standard Version
Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.

New American Standard Bible
And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was faced inward.

New Century Version
It was about fourteen feet deep, and its side walls were three and one-half feet thick. The porch of the gateway faced the Temple.

Amplified Bible
Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and its side pillars, two cubits. The porch of the gate faced inward [toward the temple of the LORD].

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then measured he the porch of the gate of eight cubites, and the postes thereof, of two cubites, and the porch of the gate was inward.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was faced inward.

Legacy Standard Bible
He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was faced inward.

Berean Standard Bible
it was eight cubits deep and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then he measured the gate's entranceway itself, fourteen feet, and its supports, three-and-a-half feet; the gate's entranceway was on the side facing the house.

Darby Translation
And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

Easy-to-Read Version
It was 8 cubits long. He measured the walls on either side of the gate. Each side wall was 2 cubits wide. The porch was at the end of the gateway that faced the Temple.

George Lamsa Translation
Then he measured the porch of the gate eight cubits; and its posts from within two cubits.

Lexham English Bible
And he measured the portico of the gate as eight cubits, and its pilaster was two cubits thick, and he measured the portico of the gate on the inside.

Literal Translation
And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its pillars, two cubits, also the porch of the gate from the house.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The measured he the entrie of the dore, that conteyned eght cubites, and his pilers two cubites: and this entrie stode inwarde.

American Standard Version
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

Bible in Basic English
Eight cubits; and its uprights, two cubits; the covered way of the doorway was inside.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

King James Version (1611)
Then measured hee the porch of the gate, eight cubites, and the postes thereof two cubits, and the porch of the gate was inward.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then measured he the porche of the gate eyght cubites: & the pentises therof two cubites, and the porche of the gate [was] inwarde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits; and the posts there of two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward:

English Revised Version
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

World English Bible
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he mat the porch of the yate of eiyte cubitis, and the frount therof bi twei cubitis; sotheli the porche of the yate was with ynne.

Update Bible Version
eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate [was] inward.

New English Translation
He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

New King James Version
Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside.

New Living Translation
It was 14 feet across, with supporting columns 3 1⁄2 feet thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.

New Life Bible
The porch of the gate was eight cubits and its side pillars two cubits wide. The porch of the gate was on the inside.

New Revised Standard
Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its pilasters, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and the projections thereof two cubits, - and the porch of the gate was within,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he measured the porch of the gate eight cubits, and the front thereof two cubits: and the porch of the gate was inward.

Revised Standard Version
and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.

Young's Literal Translation
and he measureth the porch of the gate eight cubits, and its posts two cubits, and the porch of the gates from within,

Contextual Overview

⁵ What I saw was the Temple, and there was a wall around it. The man took his measuring rod, which was 10 feet long, and measured the wall. It was 10 feet high and 10 feet thick. ⁶ Then he went to the gateway that faced east. He went up the steps, and at the top he measured the entrance; it was 10 feet deep. ⁷ Beyond it there was a passageway, which had three guardrooms on each side. Each of the rooms was square, 10 feet on each side, and the walls between them were 8 feet thick. Beyond the guardrooms there was a passageway 10 feet long that led to an entrance room which faced the Temple. ⁸He measured this room and found it was 14 feet deep. It formed that end of the gateway which was nearest the Temple, and at its far end the walls were 4 feet thick. ¹⁰ (These guardrooms on each side of the passageway were all the same size, and the walls between them were all of the same thickness.) ¹¹ Next, the man measured the width of the passageway in the gateway. It was 22 feet altogether, and the space between the open gates was 16 feet. ¹² In front of each of the guardrooms there was a low wall 20 inches high and 20 inches thick. (The rooms were 10 feet square.) ¹³ Then he measured the distance from the back wall of one room to the back wall of the room across the passageway from it, and it was 42 feet. ¹⁴ The room at the far end led out to a courtyard. He measured that room and found it was 34 feet wide. ¹⁵ The total length of the gateway from the outside wall of the gate to the far side of the last room was 84 feet.

Bible Verse Review
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the posts: Ezekiel 45:19

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the porch Ezekiel 44:3 - he shall enter

Cross-References

Genesis 40:5
One night there in prison the wine steward and the chief baker each had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.

Genesis 40:10
with three branches on it. As soon as the leaves came out, the blossoms appeared, and the grapes ripened.

Genesis 40:13
In three days the king will release you, pardon you, and restore you to your position. You will give him his cup as you did before when you were his wine steward.

Genesis 40:15
After all, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here in Egypt I didn't do anything to deserve being put in prison."

Genesis 40:18
Joseph answered, "This is what it means: the three baskets are three days.

Daniel 2:31
"Your Majesty, in your vision you saw standing before you a giant statue, bright and shining, and terrifying to look at.

Daniel 4:8
Then Daniel came in. (He is also called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god.) The spirit of the holy gods is in him, so I told him what I had dreamed. I said to him:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits,.... This could not be the length of the porch from gate to gate, or from east to west, as Lipman z; since there were five cubits between every little chamber; but the breadth of it from north to south, and was four yards and two feet over:

and the posts thereof two cubits; these were columns or pillars placed on each side of the porch, or at the portal of the gate, of two cubits, or a yard and half a foot thick; which, added to the other eight cubits, made the entrance ten cubits, as in Ezekiel 40:11 what these posts, pillars, or columns signify, see on Ezekiel 40:14:

and the porch of the gate was inward; this was the porch of the inward gate; or this was the measure of the porch within the gate.

z Ibid. (Lipman. Tzaurath Beth Hamikdash), sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The east gate-building. See Plan III.

Ezekiel 40:6

Stairs - Seven in number Ezekiel 40:22. Each threshold of the gate (was) one reed broad (or 9 ft.). The measurements are being taken from East to west, i. e., in depth.

Ezekiel 40:7

Every little chamber - The guard-chambers (a) for the use of the Levites who kept watch in the temple.

The threshold of the gate by the porch - The second threshold in the easternmost gate-way (c).

Porch - Hebrew אולם 'ûlâm; the Septuagint: αἰλάμ ailam; Vulgate: vestibulum. The word probably means porch or portico, connected with “ail” post or pillar.

Ezekiel 40:9

The porch is now measured from north to south in “wide.” “The breadth of the entry of the gate” was “ten cubits,” made up of the “eight cubits,” with “a cubit” for “a post” or pillar on each side Ezekiel 40:11.

Posts - A projection like a ram’s horn; in architecture, a column projecting from the wall with its base, shaft, and capital, or it may be the “base” only Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:49. Here “post” represents the lower part of the column. and the dimensions given are those of the section of the base.

Ezekiel 40:10

In front of each guard-chamber were columns, whose “posts” (bases) were each one cubit square.

Ezekiel 40:11

The length of the gate - The length of the gateway (including the porch, E.) from the court to the uncovered space. The threshold was “six cubits,” and the porch “six.” In addition one cubit was probably allowed in front of the porch, as before the porch of the temple itself Ezekiel 40:49.

Ezekiel 40:13

This measurement is across the gate-building from north to south. The breadth of the gate-building was exactly half its length Ezekiel 40:15.

Ezekiel 40:14

Posts of threescore cubits - Sixty cubits were the length of a series of columns. This gives us another feature of the gate-building. Between the porch (E) and the two most western guard-chambers was a space of five cubits (through which the road passed), forming a kind of hall with columns along the sides. This hall is called the “arches” Ezekiel 40:16. A hall of the same dimensions was between the boundary wall and eastern guard-chambers Ezekiel 40:31. It is probable that in one of these halls (that of the eastern gateway of the inner court) the prince “ate bread” on solemn festivals Ezekiel 44:3.

Unto the post of the court round about the gate - This hall or colonnade extended the whole breadth of the building to the pavement (Ezekiel 40:18, H, Plan II). Outside the building on the pavement was a series of pillars.

Ezekiel 40:15

The whole length of the gate-building was thus made up:

Thickness of boundary wall	6 cubits
Hall of the entrance	5 cubits
Three guard-chambers (6 cubits)	18 cubits
Spaces between guard-chambers	10 cubits
Hall of the porch	5 cubits
The porch	6 cubits
Total	50 cubits

Ezekiel 40:16

The “narrow” (closed and (?)latticed “windows” lit up both the guard-chambers and the hall. On the square base of the “post” stood the shaft in the form of a palm-tree, as we see in ancient buildings in the east.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 40:9. The porch of the gate — See account of the gates in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35