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Ezekiel 42:18

And towards the south he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

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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 south side;
Hebrew Names Version
He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
King James Version
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
English Standard Version
He measured the south side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed.
New American Standard Bible
On the south side he measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod.
New Century Version
He measured the south side; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.
Amplified Bible
He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he measured the South side fiue hundreth reedes with the measuring reede.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
On the south side he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Legacy Standard Bible
On the south side he measured 500 reeds with the measuring reed.
Berean Standard Bible
He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.
Complete Jewish Bible
He measured the south side; it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.
Darby Translation
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.
Easy-to-Read Version
He measured the south side. It was 500 cubits long.
George Lamsa Translation
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Lexham English Bible
Then he measured the south side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement.
Literal Translation
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The other two sydes also towarde the south
American Standard Version
He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Bible in Basic English
And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
King James Version (1611)
Hee measured the South side fiue hundreth reedes, with the measuring reede.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The south side also measured he fiue hundred canes, by the measuring cane.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he turned to the west, and measured in front of the west side, five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
English Revised Version
He measured on the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
World English Bible
He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And at the south wynd he mat fyue hundrid rehedis, with a rehed of mesure bi cumpas.
Update Bible Version
He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Webster's Bible Translation
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
New English Translation
He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.
New King James Version
He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
New Living Translation
The south side was also 875 feet,
New Life Bible
The south side was as long as 500 sticks.
New Revised Standard
Then he turned and measured the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The south side, measured he, - five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed.
Revised Standard Version
Then he turned and measured the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
Young's Literal Translation
The south side he hath measured, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.
THE MESSAGE
He measured the south side: eight hundred seventy-five feet.

Contextual Overview

15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate that looked toward the east: and he measured it on every side round about. 16 And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. 17 And he measured toward the north five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. 18 And towards the south he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. 19 And toward the west he measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. 20 By the four winds he measured the wall thereof on every side round about, five hundred cubits and five hundred cubits broad, making a separation between the sanctuary and the place of the people.

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Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:
Leviticus 25:43
Afflict him not by might: but fear thy God.
Nehemiah 5:9
And I said to them: The thing you do is not good: why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies?
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sicles: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God.
Luke 18:2
Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God nor regarded man.
Luke 18:4
And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds,.... From the two angles of that side, east and west; and it amounted to just the same number of reeds, even five hundred reeds, or one thousand seven hundred and fifty yards:

with the measuring reed; the same as before; here, and in the next verse, the phrase "round about" is not used, but is to be understood; and having been repeated, there was no need of mentioning it again.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 42:18. Ezekiel 42:16.


 
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