New Living Translation
Ezekiel 41:17
17The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled.
Ezekiel 41:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
- New International Version (NIV)In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary
- English Standard Version (ESV)to 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)from the space above the door, even to the inner room, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure.
Context of Ezekiel 41:17
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 16were 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. The 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. 19One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple,
Read all of Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 41:17 word by word
עַל־מֵעַ֣ל הַפֶּ֡תַח וְעַד־הַבַּיִת֩ הַפְּנִימִ֨י וְלַח֜וּץ וְאֶל־כָּל־הַקִּ֨יר סָבִ֧יב׀ סָבִ֛יב בַּפְּנִימִ֥י וּבַחִיצ֖וֹן מִדּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- To that above the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
- even unto the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- and withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- and by all the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- and withoutחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
- by measureמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17To that - Over above the door ”within and without” was “by measure.” This verse asserts that all the overlaying was done by careful measurement.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. 1717. by measure--Measurements were taken [Fairbairn].Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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