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 inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide. 15The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide. The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple 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. 17The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled. 18All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim.

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 41:26On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.
• Ezekiel 40:16There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.
• 1 Kings 6:4Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.
• 1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
• 1 Kings 6:15The entire inside, from floor to ceiling, was paneled with wood. He paneled the walls and ceilings with cedar, and he used planks of cypress for the floors.
• 2 Chronicles 3:5He paneled the main room of the Temple with cypress wood, overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with carvings of palm trees and chains.
• Haggai 1:4“Why are you living in luxurious houses while my 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