Ezekiel 40:2
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
American King James Version (AKJV)
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
American Standard Version (ASV)
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
In the visions of God he took me into the land of Israel, and put me down on a very high mountain, on which there was, as it seemed, a building like a town opposite me.
Webster's Revision
In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
World English Bible
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
English Revised Version (ERV)
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
Clarke's Ezekiel 40:2 Bible Commentary
Set me upon a very high mountain - Mount Moriah, the mount on which Solomon's temple was built, 2 Chronicles 3:1.
Barnes's Ezekiel 40:2 Bible Commentary
By which - Better as in the margin. (compare Ezekiel 43:12).
As the frame of a city - It is not "a city" which is seen, but a building (the temple and its courts) like a city in its construction, surrounded by massive walls.
On the south - southward, i. e., on the southern slope, just as the temple actually stood on Mount Moriah. The temple was at the northeast corner of the city - part of the western portion of the city being more to the north, but no part directly north of the temple.
Wesley's Ezekiel 40:2 Bible Commentary
40:2 In the visions of God - By this it appears it was not a corporeal transportation of the prophet. The frame - The portrait of a city.On the south - On the south of the mountain, where the prophet was set.