complete verse (Ezekiel 40:41)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 40:41:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, there were four tables inside the veranda and four other tables were outside. So, the tables for skinning those animals of sacrifices were eight all together.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore there were eight tables in all on-which- the offering were-being-slaughtered, four at the balcony and four at the side of the way.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So there were four tables outside the entrance and four tables inside the entry room, on which the animals to be sacrificed were slaughtered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Ezekiel 40:41

Four tables were on the inside, and four tables on the outside of the side of the gate, eight tables, on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered: This verse summarizes the information given in the previous two verses (see the comments there). There were a total of eight tables at each inner gateway, four inside and four outside the doorway. Translators may shorten or omit this verse if such repetition is awkward and unnatural in their language.

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .