Ezekiel 40 · Verse 16

Ezekiel 40:16

And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
Ezekiel 40:16, King James Version

Ezekiel 40:16 in other translations

BSBThe gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
WEBThere were closed windows to the side rooms, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post.
ASVAnd there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.
YLTand narrow windows are unto the little chambers, and unto their posts at the inside of the gate all round about--and so to the arches--and windows all round about are at the inside, and at the post are palm-trees.
DARBYAnd there were closed windows to the chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the projections; and the windows round about were inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.
BBEAnd the rooms and their uprights had sloping windows inside the doorway all round, and in the same way the covered way had windows all round on the inside: and on every upright there were palm-trees.
WebsterAnd there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate around, and likewise to the arches: and windows were around inward: and upon each post were palm-trees.

What does Ezekiel 40:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. narrow--latticed [Henderson]. The ancients had no glass, so they had them latticed, narrow in the interior of the walls, and widening at the exterior. "Made fast," or "firmly fixed in the chambers" [Maurer]. arches--rather, "porches."

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Ezekiel 40:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹתve.cha.lo.Notand windowsH2474
אֲטֻמ֣וֹת'a.tu.MotclosedH331
אֶֽל\־'el-[were] toH413
הַתָּאִ֡יםha.ta.'Imthe chambersH8372
וְאֶל֩ve.'Eland toH413
אֵלֵיהֵ֨מָה'e.lei.He.mahpillars theirH352
לִפְנִ֤ימָהlif.Ni.mahto withinH6441
לַשַּׁ֙עַר֙la.Sha.'arto the gateH8179
סָבִ֣יב\׀sa.Vivall aroundH5439
סָבִ֔יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
וְכֵ֖ןve.Khenand thusH3651
לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹתla.'e.la.Motto the porchesH361
וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹתve.cha.lo.Notand windowsH2474
סָבִ֤יב\׀sa.Viv[were] all aroundH5439
סָבִיב֙sa.Vivall aroundH5439
לִפְנִ֔ימָהlif.Ni.mahto withinH6441
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and [were] toH413
אַ֖יִל'A.yila pillarH352
תִּמֹרִֽים\׃ti.mo.Rimpalm treesH8561

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Cross references for Ezekiel 40:16

  • 2 Chronicles 3:5

    And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

  • Ezekiel 41:26

    And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.

  • 1 Kings 6:4

    And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

  • Ezekiel 40:21-22

    And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

  • 1 Kings 6:32

    The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

  • 1 Kings 6:35

    And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

  • 1 Kings 6:29

    And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

  • Ezekiel 42:3

    Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

  • Ezekiel 40:12

    The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

  • Ezekiel 40:7

    And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

  • Psalms 92:12

    The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

  • 1 Corinthians 13:12

    For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
narrow. Heb. closed.
41:16; 1Ki 6:4; 1Co 13:12
the little.
7,12
arches. or, galleries, or porches.
21,22,25,30; 41:15; 42:3; Joh 5:2
inward. or, within. palm trees.
1Ki 6:29,32,35; 2Ch 3:5; Ps 92:12; Re 7:9

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Context

  • Ezekiel 40:15

    And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

  • Ezekiel 40:16

    And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.

  • Ezekiel 40:17

    Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

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Ezekiel 40:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y había ventanas estrechas en las cámaras, y en sus portales por de dentro de la puerta alrededor, y asimismo en los corredores; y las ventanas estaban alrededor por de dentro; y en cada poste había palmas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y avait aux chambres des fenêtres fermées, ainsi qu’à leurs piliers, en dedans de la porte, tout autour, et de même aux avancées; et les fenêtres tout autour donnaient vers l’intérieur; et sur les piliers il y avait des palmiers.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und vergitterte Fenster waren an den Wachtzimmern, und zwar an ihren Pfeilern, nach dem Inneren des Torgebäudes zu, ringsherum, und ebenso an den Wandvorsprüngen; und so waren Fenster ringsherum nach innen zu; und an den Pfeilern waren Palmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et fenestras obliquas in thalamis et in frontibus eorum, quæ erant intra portam undique per circuitum: similiter autem erant et in vestibulis fenestræ per gyrum intrinsecus, et ante frontes pictura palmarum.