Other Translations of Ezekiel 40:43
King James Version
43 And within were hooks, hooks: or, and irons, or, the two hearthstones an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
English Standard Version
43 And hooks,Or shelves a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.
The Message
43 Meat hooks, three inches long, were fastened to the walls. The tables were for the sacrificial animals.
New King James Version
43 Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.
New Living Translation
43 There were hooks, each 3Â inches long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 40:43
Chapter Contents
The Vision of the Temple.
Here is a vision, beginning at ch. 40, and continued to the end of the book, ch. 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to any difficulty we meet with, let us bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough; and let us wait till God shall reveal even this unto us. This chapter describes two outward courts of the temple. Whether the personage here mentioned was the Son of God, or a created angel, is not clear. But Christ is both our Altar and our Sacrifice, to whom we must look with faith in all approaches to God; and he is Salvation in the midst of the earth, Psalm 74:12, to be looked unto from all quarters.