47Then he measured the court: It was square-a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.


In Context

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south gate and facing north.

45 He said to me, "The room facing south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,

46 and the room facing north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who are the only Levites who may draw near to the LORD to minister before him."

47 Then he measured the court: It was square-a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits and its projecting walls were three cubits wide on either side.

49 The portico was twenty cubits wide, and twelve cubits from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs, and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.

Ezekiel 40:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:47So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:47And he measured the court a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad foursquare: and the altar that was before the face of the temple.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:47And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:47And he measured the court, the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, four square: and the altar was before the house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:47And he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:47So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:47He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:47And he measureth the court: the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, square, and the altar is before the house.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:47So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.