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 · 2000

I 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 · 1611

I 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 · 1901

I 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 · 1949

And 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 · 1862

And 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) · 1752

And 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 · 1890

And 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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