Ezekiel 40:43
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And they had edges all round as wide as a man's hand: and on the tables was the flesh of the offerings.
Webster's Revision
And within were hooks, a hand broad, fastened around: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
World English Bible
The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the hooks, an handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
Barnes's Ezekiel 40:43 Bible Commentary
Hooks - The alternative renderings given in the margin indicate the doubtfulness of the translation of the original word. The form is dual, and indicates that it is some object usually found in pairs. Some suggest that they were borders or ledges set, on either side of the tables, a handbreadth from the edges, to prevent the instruments placed on them from falling off. If the rendering "hooks" be adopted, it is to be explained thus: that these hooks were set on the wall "within," that each hook was forked (hence, the "dual" form), and projected from the wall one span; and that on these hooks were hung the carcasses of the slain animals.
Wesley's Ezekiel 40:43 Bible Commentary
40:43 Within - Within the porch, where these tables stood.Hooks - Hooks on which the slaughtered sacrifice might be hanged, while they prepared it farther. Fastened - To walls no doubt, near these tables.
