Ezekiel 41:8
What does Ezekiel 41:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 41:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I saw that the house had a stone floor all round; the bases of the side-rooms were a full rod of six great cubits high.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have looked at the house, the height all round about: the foundations of the side-chambers <FI>are<Fi> the fulness of the reed, six cubits by the joining.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I saw in the house the height round about, the foundations of the side chambers which were the measure of a reed the space of six cubits:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I saw that the house had an elevation round about: the foundations of the side-chambers, a full reed, six cubits to the joint.
Context
v.7And the side-chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle chamber.
v.8This passage
v.9The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side-chambers that belonged to the house.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 40:5
And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
- Revelation 21:16
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.
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