650、对于数字所描述的余剩,“长”表示其圣洁,“宽”表示其真理,“高”表示其良善。这一点从圣言不容易证实,因为每一个事物都涉及所论述的具体主题或事物。因此,“长”用于时间时,表示永恒不朽,如“日子长久”(诗篇23:6;21:4);但用于空间时,则表示由此而来的圣洁。“宽”和“高”也一样。地上的一切物体都是三维的,但这类维度不能论及属天和属灵事物。当论及这些事物时,它们表示或大或小的完美程度,与维度无关,也表示事物的质和量。所以在本节,尺寸意味着质(它们是余剩)和量(它们只有少许)。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]650. The symbolism of the length as the holiness of the remnant, of the width as its truth, and of the height as its goodness, expressed in numbers, is not so easy to prove by the Word, because the meanings of each relate to the object or entity being described. Length, for example, when ascribed to time symbolizes what lasts to eternity, as in the phrase length of days (Psalms 23:6; 21:4). But when ascribed to distance, length symbolizes something holy, and this meaning follows from the former. The case with width and height is similar.
All earthly things have three dimensions, but the same dimensions cannot be applied to heavenly and spiritual things. When applied to something heavenly or spiritual — in abstraction from the dimensions — they mean more perfection or less, and also the nature or amount of the thing. So in the present verse the measurements imply the nature (they were traces) and amount (there were only a few).
Potts(1905-1910) 650
650. That "length" signifies the holiness, "breadth" the truth, and "height" the good of whatever things are described by the numbers, cannot so well be confirmed from the Word, because they are each and all predicated according to the subject or thing treated of. Thus "length" as applied to time signifies perpetuity and eternity, as "length of days" in Ps. 23:6, and 21:4; but as applied to space it denotes holiness, as follows therefrom. And the same is the case with "breadth" and "height." There is a trinal dimension of all earthly things, but such dimensions cannot be predicated of celestial and spiritual things. When they are predicated, greater or less perfection is meant, apart from the dimensions, and also the quality and quantity; thus here the quality, that they were remains; and the quantity, that they were few.
Elliott(1983-1999) 650
650. 'Length' means the holiness, 'breadth' the truth, and 'height' the good, of the remnants described by the numbers. This cannot be confirmed so easily from the Word because every single thing has reference to the particular subject or thing under discussion. For example, when 'length' applies to time it means perpetual and eternal, as in 'length of days' Ps 23:6; 21:4, but when it applies to space it means consequent holiness. The situation is the same with 'breadth' and 'height'. All earthly objects are three-dimensional, but no such dimensions can be used in reference to celestial and spiritual things. When they are used to refer to these they mean the degree of perfection, greater or less, independent of the dimensions given, as well as identity and quantity. In this case they are identified as remnants, which are few in quantity.
Latin(1748-1756) 650
650. Quod 'longitudo' significet illarum sanctum, 'latitudo' illarum verum, et 'altitudo' illarum bonum, quae describuntur per numeros, non ita confirmari potest ex Verbo, quia praedicantur omnia et singula ex subjecto aut re, de qua agitur; sicut 'longitudo' applicate ad tempus significat perpetuum et aeternum, ut 'longitudo dierum,' Ps. xxiii 6; Ps. xxi 5 [A.V.4]; at applicate ad spatium significat sanctum quod inde sequitur: ita quoque se habet cum 'latitudine, et altitudine': trina dimensio omnium est in terrestribus, sed tales dimensiones non praedicari possunt de caelestibus et spiritualibus; cum praedicantur, abstracte a dimensionibus intelligitur perfectio major et minor, tum ejus quale et quantum; ut hic quale quod sint reliquiae, et earum quantum quod sint paucae.