Ezekiel 40 · Verse 9

Ezekiel 40:9

Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
Ezekiel 40:9, King James Version

Ezekiel 40:9 in other translations

BSBit was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.
WEBThen he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
ASVThen measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
YLTand he measureth the porch of the gate eight cubits, and its posts two cubits, and the porch of the gates from within,
DARBYAnd he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
BBEEight cubits; and its uprights, two cubits; the covered way of the doorway was inside.
WebsterThen he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

What does Ezekiel 40:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. posts--projecting column-faced fronts of the sides of the doorway, opposite to one another.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The porch of the gate - See account of the gates in the plan.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 40:9 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּ֜מָדvai.Ya.modand he measuredH4058
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֻלָ֤ם'u.Lam[the] porch ofH197
הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179
שְׁמֹנֶ֣הshe.mo.NeheightH8083
אַמּ֔וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
וְאֵילָ֖יוve.'ei.lovand pillars itsH352
שְׁתַּ֣יִםshe.Ta.yimtwoH8147
אַמּ֑וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
וְאֻלָ֥םve.'u.Lamand [the] porch ofH197
הַשַּׁ֖עַרha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179
מֵהַבָּֽיִת\׃me.ha.Ba.yit[was] from the insideH1004

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 40:9

  • Ezekiel 45:19

    And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the posts.
45:19

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

Context

  • Ezekiel 40:8

    He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

  • Ezekiel 40:9

    Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

  • Ezekiel 40:10

    And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

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Ezekiel 40:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Midió luego la entrada del portal, de ocho codos, y sus postes de dos codos; y la puerta del portal estaba por de dentro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il mesura le portique de la porte, huit coudées, et ses piliers, deux coudées; et le portique de la porte était vers l’intérieur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und er maß die Torhalle: acht Ellen und ihre Pfeiler: zwei Ellen dick, und die Torhalle war nach dem Hause hin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et mensus est vestibulum portæ octo cubitorum, et frontem ejus duobus cubitis: vestibulum autem portæ erat intrinsecus.