Ezekiel 41 · Verse 20

Ezekiel 41:20

From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
Ezekiel 41:20, King James Version

Ezekiel 41:20 in other translations

BSBCherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.
WEBCherubim and palm trees were made from the ground to above the door. The wall of the temple was like this.
ASVfrom the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made; thus was the wall of the temple.
YLTfrom the earth unto above the opening are the cherubs and the palm-trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
DARBYFrom the ground unto above the entry were the cherubim and the palm-trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
BBEFrom earth level up to the windows there were winged ones and palm-trees pictured on the wall.
WebsterFrom the ground to above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

What does Ezekiel 41:20 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 From the ground unto above the door - The temple was thirty cubits high, 1Kgs 6:2, the gate was fourteen cubits, chap. Eze 40:48. The palm trees and the cherubim were the same height as the gate or door. The windows were above the door.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 41:20 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.

מֵהָאָ֙רֶץ֙me.ha.'A.retzfrom the groundH776
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom aboveH5921
הַפֶּ֔תַחha.Pe.tachthe entranceH6607
הַכְּרוּבִ֥יםha.ke.ru.Vimthe cherubimH3742
וְהַתִּֽמֹרִ֖יםve.ha.ti.mo.Rimand the palm treesH8561
עֲשׂוּיִ֑ם'a.su.Yim[were] madeH6213
וְקִ֖ירve.Kirand [the] wall ofH7023
הַׄהֵׄיׄכָֽׄלׄ\׃ha.hei.Khalthe temple ofH1964

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 41:20

  • Ezekiel 41:18

    And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

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Context

  • Ezekiel 41:19

    So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.

  • Ezekiel 41:20

    From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

  • Ezekiel 41:21

    The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.

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Ezekiel 41:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Desde el suelo hasta encima de la puerta había labrados querubines y palmas, y por toda la pared del templo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Depuis le sol jusqu’au-dessus de l’entrée, on avait fait des chérubins et des palmiers, et sur le mur du temple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Vom Boden bis hinauf über die Tür waren die Cherubim und die Palmen gemacht, und zwar an der Wand des Tempels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
De terra usque ad superiora portæ, cherubim et palmæ cælatæ erant in pariete templi.