He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
WEB
And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.
YLT
He hath turned round unto the west side, he hath measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.
DBT
He turned about to the west side, [and] measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)