English Standard Version
Ezekiel 41:16
16the thresholds and the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
Ezekiel 41:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
- New International Version (NIV)as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them—everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered.
- New King James Version (NKJV)their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered—
- New Living Translation (NLT)were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.
Context of Ezekiel 41:16
14also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits. 15Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court, the thresholds and the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 17to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern. 18It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:
Read all of Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 41:16 word by word
הַסִּפִּ֡ים וְהַחַלּוֹנִ֣ים הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹת וְהָאַתִּיקִ֤ים׀ סָבִיב֙ לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֔ם נֶ֧גֶד הַסַּ֛ף שְׂחִ֥יף עֵ֖ץ סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ עַד־הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹת וְהַֽחַלֹּנ֖וֹת מְכֻסּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The door postsסַףsaph · thresholdH5592
- and the narrowאָטַם'âţam · shutH331
- windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
- and the galleriesאַתִּיק'attûq 'attîyq · galleryH862
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- on their three storiesשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- over againstנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
- cieledשָׁחִיףshâchîyph · paneledH7824
- with woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
- and from the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
- coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:16
- Ezekiel 41:26And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.
- Ezekiel 40:16And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.
- 1 Kings 6:4And he made for the house windows with recessed frames.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
- 1 Kings 6:15He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.
- Haggai 1:4"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Galleries - The upper story of the side-chambers was probably built in the form of an open gallery. Over against the door - The rows of the side-chambers extended to the front of the temple, so that they were “over against” the opening, but did not extend so far as the porch. Cieled - Overlaid. Pillars, galleries, narrow windows were overlaid with wood 1 Kings 6:15-16. Were covered - With wood.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-20The temple building was covered with wooden panels. The walls were decorated with carvings of palm trees and cherubim. The cherubim were like those Ezekiel saw in his earlier visions of judgment (see Ezekiel 1:5–12; 10:2–14). In those visions, the cherubim had four faces. However, the carved images in the temple had only two faces. One face was a lion, the greatest of the wild animals. The other was a human, the highest part of God’s created order…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. covered--being the highest windows they were "covered" from the view below. Or else "covered with lattice-work."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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