Ezekiel 42:5
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New International Version (©1984)
Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The side rooms on the third story were narrower than those on the first or second stories of the building because the corridors took space away from them.

King James Bible
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

American King James Version
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

American Standard Version
Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

Bible in Basic English
And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Where were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from the lower parts, and from the midst of the building.

Darby Bible Translation
And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.

English Revised Version
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

World English 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And the upper chambers are short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

Geneva Study Bible

Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Wesley's Notes

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.

King James Translators' Notes

were higher...: or, did eat of these

than the lower...: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. shorter-that is, the building became narrower as it rose in height. The chambers were many: so "in My Father's house are many mansions" (Joh 14:2); and besides these there was much "room" still left (compare Lu 14:22). The chambers, though private, were near the temple. Prayer in our chambers is to prepare us for public devotions, and to help us in improving them.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

42:1-20 In this chapter are described the priests' chambers, their use, and the dimensions of the holy mount on which the temple stood. These chambers were many. Jesus said, In my Father's house are many mansions: in his house on earth there are many; multitudes, by faith, are lodging in his sanctuary, and yet there is room. These chambers, though private, were near the temple. Our religious services in our chambers, must prepare for public devotions, and further us in improving them, as our opportunities are.


Ezekiel 42:3 Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery corresponding to gallery in three stories. (NASB ©1995)

Building Cells Chambers Contain Covered Floors Galleries Higher Lower Middle Middlemost Narrower Ones Rooms Short Shorter Smaller Space Upper Ways


Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

were higher than these. or, did eat of these.
than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost.

Bible Gateway: Ezekiel Chapter 42 Verse 5 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

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