Ezekiel 42:8

What does Ezekiel 42:8 mean?

Q: What does Ezekiel 42:8 mean?

Ezekiel 42:8 reads, “For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.” Read it in seven English translations with cross-references and historical context on Devine Scripture.

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 42:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For the rooms in the outer square were fifty cubits long: and in front of the Temple was a space of a hundred cubits.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

for the length of the chambers that <FI>are<Fi> to the outer court <FI>is<Fi> fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple a hundred cubits.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For the length of the chambers of the outward court was fifty cubits: and the length before the face of the temple, a hundred cubits.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits; but behold, before the temple it was a hundred cubits.

Context

v.7And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

v.8This passage

v.9And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

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Ezekiel 41:13
So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long;

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