Ezekiel 40:3
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
KJV
Et introduxit me illuc : et ecce vir cujus erat species quasi species æris, et funiculus lineus in manu ejus, et calamus mensuræ in manu ejus : stabat autem in porta.
Vulgate
καὶ εἰσήγαγέν με ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνήρ, καὶ ἡ ὅρασις αὐτοῦ ἦν ὡσεὶ ὅρασις χαλκοῦ στίλβοντος, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἦν σπαρτίον οἰκοδόμων καὶ κάλαμος μέτρον· καὶ αὐτὸς ἱστήκει ἐπὶ τῆς πύλης.
LXX
And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֵ֨יא אוֹתִ֜/י שָׁ֗מָּ/ה וְ/הִנֵּה אִישׁ֙ מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙ כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וּ/פְתִיל פִּשְׁתִּ֥ים בְּ/יָד֖/וֹ וּ/קְנֵ֣ה הַ/מִּדָּ֑ה וְ/ה֥וּא עֹמֵ֖ד בַּ/שָּֽׁעַר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 10:5 — Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
- Ezek 1:7 — And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
- Ezek 1:27 — And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were th
- Ezek 42:16 — He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
- Ezek 43:6 — And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
- Ezek 47:3 — And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
- Ezek 47:3 — And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
- Rev 1:15 — And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
- Rev 1:15 — And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
- Rev 11:1 — And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
- Rev 21:15 — And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
- Zech 1:16 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
- Zech 2:1 — I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- Zech 2:1 — I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.