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THE MESSAGE

Ezekiel 42:17

He measured the north side: eight hundred seventy-five feet.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Reed;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Balance;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Weights and Measures;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Wind;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He measured the north side;
Hebrew Names Version
He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
King James Version
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
English Standard Version
He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.
New American Standard Bible
He measured on the north side: five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
New Century Version
He measured the north side; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.
Amplified Bible
He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He measured also the Northside, fiue hundreth reedes, euen with the measuring reede rounde about.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He measured on the north side five hundred reeds by the measuring reed.
Legacy Standard Bible
He measured on the north side 500 reeds by the measuring reed.
Berean Standard Bible
He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.
Contemporary English Version
Then he measured the north side, the south side, and the west side of the wall, and they were each eight hundred forty feet long,
Complete Jewish Bible
He measured the north side; it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.
Darby Translation
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
He measured the north side. It was 500 cubits long.
George Lamsa Translation
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
Good News Translation
Then he measured the north side, the south side, and the west side; each side had the same length, 840 feet,
Lexham English Bible
He measured the north side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement all around.
Literal Translation
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed, all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the north syde measured he, which conteyned rounde aboute euen so moch.
American Standard Version
He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
Bible in Basic English
And he went round and took the measure of it on the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
King James Version (1611)
Hee measured the North side fiue hundreth reedes, with a measuring reed round about.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he measured the north side fyue hundred canes, [euen] with the measuring cane round about.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he turned to the north and measured in front of the north side five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
English Revised Version
He measured on the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
World English Bible
He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he mat ayens the wynd of the north fiue hundred rehedis, in the rehed of mesure bi cumpas.
Update Bible Version
He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed around.
New English Translation
He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.
New King James Version
He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.
New Living Translation
Then he measured the north side, and it was also 875 feet.
New Life Bible
The north side was as long as 500 sticks.
New Revised Standard
Then he turned and measured the north side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed round about.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he measured toward the north five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
Revised Standard Version
Then he turned and measured the north side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
Young's Literal Translation
He hath measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Contextual Overview

15After he had finished measuring what was inside the Temple area, he took me out the east gate and measured it from the outside. Using his measuring stick, he measured the east side: eight hundred seventy-five feet. 17 He measured the north side: eight hundred seventy-five feet. 18 He measured the south side: eight hundred seventy-five feet. 19 Last of all he went to the west side and measured it: eight hundred seventy-five feet. 20 He measured the wall on all four sides. Each wall was eight hundred seventy-five feet. The walls separated the holy from the ordinary.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 40:7
As time went on, it happened that the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt crossed their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the head cupbearer and the head baker, and put them in custody under the captain of the guard; it was the same jail where Joseph was held. The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to see to their needs. After they had been in custody for a while, the king's cupbearer and baker, while being held in the jail, both had a dream on the same night, each dream having its own meaning. When Joseph arrived in the morning, he noticed that they were feeling low. So he asked them, the two officials of Pharaoh who had been thrown into jail with him, "What's wrong? Why the long faces?"
Psalms 119:65
Be good to your servant, God ; be as good as your Word. Train me in good common sense; I'm thoroughly committed to living your way. Before I learned to answer you, I wandered all over the place, but now I'm in step with your Word. You are good, and the source of good; train me in your goodness. The godless spread lies about me, but I focus my attention on what you are saying; They're bland as a bucket of lard, while I dance to the tune of your revelation. My troubles turned out all for the best— they forced me to learn from your textbook. Truth from your mouth means more to me than striking it rich in a gold mine.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds,.... From the two angles of that side, east and west; and it was of the same dimension as the east side, just five hundred reeds, or one thousand seven hundred and fifty yards:

with a measuring reed round about; he measured with the same reed, from point to point; and having measured this side, he went to another.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Precincts. The temple and its courts were surrounded by an area of exact dimensions 3,000 cubits (1,500 yards) square. See Plan IV.

Ezekiel 42:15

The inner house - The temple and its courts, all that lay within the “wall on the outside of the house Ezekiel 40:5; the gate” is the eastern gate of the outer court.

Measured it round about - The precincts, into which he had brought the seer through the eastern gate of the outer court.


 
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