Ezekiel 41:16

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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),
• 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—

Context of Ezekiel 41:16

14The eastern side of the temple, including the open area, was also 175 feet wide. 15He also measured the length of the building facing the courtyard on the west side along with its corridors on both sides. It was 175 feet long. The holy place and the most holy place were paneled. The doorposts, the small windows, and the corridors of all three stories were paneled. The walls, from the floor up to the windows, were paneled. 17In the space above the door to the most holy place and on the walls all around it, 18there were pictures of angels and palm trees. Palm trees were positioned between each of the angels, and each angel had two faces:

Ezekiel 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 41:26There were small windows and palm trees on both sides of the entrance hall, on the side rooms of the temple, and on the roofs.
• Ezekiel 40:16The guardrooms and recessed walls inside the gateway had small windows all around. The entrance hall also had windows all around on the inside. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls.
• 1 Kings 6:4He also made latticed windows for the temple.
• 1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see a blurred image in a mirror. Then we will see very clearly. Now my knowledge is incomplete. Then I will have complete knowledge as God has complete knowledge of me.
• 1 Kings 6:15he began to line the inside walls of the temple with cedar boards. He paneled the inside of the temple with wood from floor to ceiling. He covered the floor of the temple with cypress planks.
• 2 Chronicles 3:5He paneled the larger building with cypress, overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with ⌞designs in the form of⌟ palm trees and chains.
• Haggai 1:4“Is it time for you to live 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

In the dictionaries

• Gallery
• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Ceiled; Ceiling
• Close
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• House
• Leviticus

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