Ezekiel 40 · Verse 49

Ezekiel 40:49

The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
Ezekiel 40:49, King James Version

Ezekiel 40:49 in other translations

BSBThe portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.
WEBThe length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits, even by the steps by which they went up to it. There were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
ASVThe length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
YLTthe length of the porch twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and by the steps whereby they go up unto it: and pillars are at the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.
DARBYThe length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, even by the steps whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.
BBEThe covered way was twenty cubits long and twelve cubits wide, and they went up to it by ten steps; and there were pillars by the uprights, one on one side and one on the other.
WebsterThe length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

What does Ezekiel 40:49 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 40:48-49

48-49. These two verses belong to the forty-first chapter, which treats of the temple itself.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 49 By the steps - This was a flight of steps that led to the temple; there were eight steps in each flight. See YY in the plan.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 40:49 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekh[the] length ofH753
הָאֻלָ֞םha.'u.Lamthe porchH197
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.Rim[was] twentyH6242
אַמָּ֗ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520
וְרֹ֙חַב֙ve.Ro.chavand [the] breadthH7341
עַשְׁתֵּ֣י'ash.Tei[was] one [plus]H6249
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.RehtenH6240
אַמָּ֔ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520
וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹתu.va.ma.'a.Lotand on the stepsH4609
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
יַעֲל֖וּya.'a.Lupeople go upH5927
אֵלָ֑יו'e.Lavto itH413
וְעַמֻּדִים֙ve.'a.mu.Dimand columnsH5982
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָ֣אֵילִ֔יםha.'ei.Limthe pillarsH352
אֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadoneH259
מִפֹּ֖הmi.Pohfrom hereH6311
וְאֶחָ֥דve.'e.Chadand oneH259
מִפֹּֽה\׃mi.Pohfrom hereH6311

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 40:49

  • Revelation 3:12

    Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

  • Jeremiah 52:17-23

    Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. …

  • 2 Chronicles 3:17

    And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

  • 1 Kings 7:15-21

    For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. …

  • Ezekiel 40:31

    And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.

  • Ezekiel 40:34

    And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

  • Ezekiel 40:37

    And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

  • 1 Kings 6:3

    And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The steps.This was a flight of steps which led from the inner court into the temple.
31,34,37
pillars.
1Ki 7:15-21; 2Ch 3:17; Jer 52:17-23; Re 3:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 40:48

    And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

  • Ezekiel 40:49

    The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

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Ezekiel 40:49 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La longitud del pórtico veinte codos, y la anchura once codos, al cual subían por gradas: y había columnas junto á los postes, una de un lado, y otra de otro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La longueur du portique était de 20 coudées, et la largeur, de onze coudées, et cela aux degrés par lesquels on y montait; et il y avait des colonnes près des piliers, une deçà et une delà.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Länge der Halle war zwanzig Ellen und die Breite elf Ellen, und zwar an den Stufen, auf welchen man zu ihr hinaufstieg. Und Säulen waren an den Pfeilern, eine auf dieser und eine auf jener Seite.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Longitudinem autem vestibuli viginti cubitorum, et latitudinem undecim cubitorum, et octo gradibus ascendebatur ad eam. Et columnæ erant in frontibus: una hinc, et altera inde.