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OET (OET-RV) Then he took me into the inner courtyard of Yahweh’s house, and oh no—at the entrance of Yahweh’s temple between the portico and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple and their faces toward the east where they were worshipping the sun.
OET-LV And_he/it_brought DOM_me to the_court_of the_house_of YHWH the_inner and_see/lo/see were_at_the_entrance_of the_temple_of YHWH between the_portico and_between the_altar about_twenty and_five person[s] backs_of_their were_to the_temple_of YHWH and_faces_of_their east_toward and_they were_bowing_down east_toward to_the_sun.
UHB וַיָּבֵ֣א אֹתִ֗י אֶל־חֲצַ֣ר בֵּית־יְהוָה֮ הַפְּנִימִית֒ וְהִנֵּה־פֶ֜תַח הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֗ה בֵּ֤ין הָֽאוּלָם֙ וּבֵ֣ין הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ כְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אִ֑ישׁ אֲחֹ֨רֵיהֶ֜ם אֶל־הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה֙ וּפְנֵיהֶ֣ם קֵ֔דְמָה וְהֵ֛מָּה מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֥ם קֵ֖דְמָה לַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ ‡
(vayyāⱱēʼ ʼotiy ʼel-ḩₐʦar bēyt-yhwh hapənīmīt vəhinnēh-fetaḩ hēykal yhwh bēyn hāʼūlām ūⱱēyn hammizbēaḩ kəˊesrim vaḩₐmishshāh ʼiysh ʼₐḩorēyhem ʼel-hēykal yhwh ūfənēyhem qēdəmāh vəhēmmāh mishtaḩₐvītem qēdəmāh lashshāmesh.)
Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ εἰσήγαγέ με εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν ἐσωτέραν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν προθύρων τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου ἀναμέσον τῶν αἰλὰμ, καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, ὡς εἴκοσι ἄνδρες τὰ ὀπίσθια αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀπέναντι, καὶ οὗτοι προσκυνοῦσι τῷ ἡλίῳ.
(Kai eisaʸgage me eis taʸn aulaʸn oikou Kuriou taʸn esōteran, kai epi tōn prothurōn tou naou Kuriou anameson tōn ailam, kai anameson tou thusiastaʸriou, hōs eikosi andres ta opisthia autōn pros ton naon tou Kuriou, kai ta prosōpa autōn apenanti, kai houtoi proskunousi tōi haʸliōi. )
BrTr And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty men, with their back parts toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces turned the opposite way; and these were worshipping the sun.
ULT He brought me into the inner courtyard of Yahweh’s house, and behold! at the entrance of the temple of Yahweh between the portico and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun.
UST Then he took me into the inner courtyard inside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men. Their backs were toward the temple, and their faces were toward the east; they were bowing down to worship the sun as it rose in the east.
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OEB And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah’s house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and with their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun, in the east.
WEBBE He brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house; and I saw at the door of the LORD’s temple, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs towards the LORD’s temple and their faces towards the east. They were worshipping the sun towards the east.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, facing east – they were worshiping the sun toward the east!
LSV And He brings me into the inner court of the house of YHWH, and behold, at the opening of the temple of YHWH, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of YHWH, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.
FBV He took me to the inner courtyard of the Lord's Temple and right there at the entrance to the Temple, between the porch and the altar, were around twenty-five men. They had their backs to the Temple, and were facing towards the east. They were bowing in worship of the sun rising in the east.
T4T Then he took me into the courtyard outside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men. Their backs were toward the temple and their faces were toward the east, and they were bowing down to worship the sun as it rose in the east.
LEB No LEB EZE book available
BBE And he took me into the inner square of the Lord's house, and at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the covered way and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs turned to the Temple of the Lord and their faces turned to the east; and they were worshipping the sun, turning to the east.
Moff No Moff EZE book available
JPS And He brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
ASV And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah’s house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.
DRA And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord: and behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men having their backs towards the temple of the Lord, and their faces to the east: and they adored towards the rising of the sun.
YLT And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.
Drby And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
RV And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’S house, and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
SLT No SLT EZE book available
Wbstr And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs towards the temple of the LORD, and their faces towards the east; and they worshiped the sun towards the east.
KJB-1769 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
KJB-1611 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORDs house, and behold at the doore of the Temple of the LORD, betweene the porch and the altar, were about fiue and twentie men, with their backes toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces towards the East, and they worshipped the sunne towards the East.
(And he brought me into the inner court of the LORDs house, and behold at the door of the Temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces towards the East, and they worshipped the sun towards the East.)
Bshps No Bshps EZE book available
Gnva And he caused me to enter into the inner court of the Lordes house, and beholde, at the doore of the Temple of the Lord, betweene the porche and the altar were about fiue and twentie men with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord, and their faces towarde the East, and they worshipped the sunne, towarde the East.
(And he caused me to enter into the inner court of the Lords house, and behold, at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar were about five and twenty men with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the East, and they worshipped the sun, toward the East. )
Cvdl No Cvdl EZE book available
Wycl No Wycl EZE book available
Luth No Luth EZE book available
ClVg Et introduxit me in atrium domus Domini interius, et ecce in ostio templi Domini, inter vestibulum et altare, quasi viginti quinque viri dorsa habentes contra templum Domini, et facies ad orientem: et adorabant ad ortum solis.
(And introduced me in/into/on atrium home Master inside, and behold in/into/on ostio templi Master, between porch and the_altar, as_if twenty five men dorsa having on_the_contrary the_temple/sanctuary Master, and faces to east: and adorabant to sunrise of_the_sun. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT EZE book available
8:16 The fourth and crowning act of idolatry took place in the very heart of the Temple complex, in the inner courtyard of the Lord’s Temple, as close as anyone could approach to the Temple building without actually entering it.
• The twenty-five men . . . worshiping the sun were possibly priests, as none but priests should have had access to this area, though they might have been non-priests flaunting the rules of access. Though physically closer to the Lord’s presence than anyone else, they had turned their backs to the sanctuary of their Creator. Instead of worshiping him, they worshiped what he had created (cp. Rom 1:25).
(Occurrence 0) behold!
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_brought DOM=me to/towards court_of house_of YHWH the,inner and=see/lo/see! entrance_of temple_of YHWH between the,portico and=between the,altar about,twenty and,five (a)_man backs_of,their to/towards temple_of YHWH and,faces_of,their east,toward and,they bowing_down east,toward to_the,sun )
This word shows that Ezekiel was surprised by what he saw.
(Occurrence 0) portico
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_brought DOM=me to/towards court_of house_of YHWH the,inner and=see/lo/see! entrance_of temple_of YHWH between the,portico and=between the,altar about,twenty and,five (a)_man backs_of,their to/towards temple_of YHWH and,faces_of,their east,toward and,they bowing_down east,toward to_the,sun )
covering in front of an entrance with columns or posts for support
(Occurrence 0) their faces toward the east
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_brought DOM=me to/towards court_of house_of YHWH the,inner and=see/lo/see! entrance_of temple_of YHWH between the,portico and=between the,altar about,twenty and,five (a)_man backs_of,their to/towards temple_of YHWH and,faces_of,their east,toward and,they bowing_down east,toward to_the,sun )
Alternate translation: “they were looking toward the east”