⁵And there was a wall on the outside of the temple all the way around it,^d and in the hand of the man the reed^e for measurement was six long cubits, according to^f the cubit^g and a handbreadth,^h and he measured the width of the outer wall as one reed,ⁱ and the height as one reed.^j

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Footnotes

dLiterally “all around, all around”
eOr “rod”
fLiterally “with/in”
gThat is, about 18 inches
hA handbreadth wasabout 3 inches; the reed/rod was 10.5 feet long
iThat is, 10.5 feet
jThat is, about 10.5 feet

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of twenty-one inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was 10½ feet, and its height was the same.

NLTNew Living Translation

I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10½ feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10½ feet thick and 10½ feet high.

KJV 1900King James Version

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

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