Ezekiel 42:5
“Now the vpper-chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher then these, then the lower, and then the middlemost of the building.”
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Ezekiel 42:5 Context
3Ouer against the twentie cubites which were for the inner court, and ouer against the pauement which was for the vtter court, was gallerie against gallery in three stories. 4And before the chambers was a walke of ten cubites breadth inward, a way of one cubite, and their doores toward the North. 5Now the vpper-chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher then these, then the lower, and then the middlemost of the building. 6For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitned more then the lowest, and the middlemost from the ground. 7And the wall that was without ouer against the chambers towards the vtter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fiftie cubites.
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Other Translations
Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
- King James Version
Now the upper chambers {were} smaller because the galleries took more {space} away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.
- Basic English Bible
And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.
- Darby Bible
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
- Webster's Bible
Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building.
- World English Bible
And the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
Now the upper chambers {were} smaller because the galleries took more {space} away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.
- Basic English Bible
And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.
- Darby Bible
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
- Webster's Bible
Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building.
- World English Bible
And the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 42:5
42:5 Shorter - At first view it should seem to refer to the length, but indeed it refers to the height of the chambers, of which the lowest chamber was highest, the second lower pitched than the first, yet of greater height than the uppermost between the floor and ceiling.