Ezekiel 42:6
These chambers were arranged in three tiers, but they did not have columns like the columns of the courts. Therefore, they were set back from the lower and middle tiers, starting from the ground.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
KJV1611 – Modern English
For they were in three stories, but did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was constrained more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the uppermost] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
for they bare chambre vpon chambre, and stode thre together one vpon another, not hauynge pilers like the fore courte: therfore were they smaller then those beneth and in the myddest, to reken from the grounde vpwarde.
Geneva Bible (1560)
For they were in three rowes, but had not pillars as the pillars of the court: therefore there was a difference from them beneath and from the middlemost, euen from the ground.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
For they were in three orders, but had no pillers as the pillers of the courtes: therfore were they smaller then the nethermost and the middlemost to recken from the grounde.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
For they [were] in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the building] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Webster's Bible (1833)
For they were in three stories, and they didn't have pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the uppermost] was straitened more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
for they `are' threefold, and they have no pillars as the pillars of the court, therefore it hath been kept back -- more than the lower and than the middle one -- from the ground.
American Standard Version (1901)
For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore `the uppermost' was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
American Standard Version (1901)
For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the uppermost] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
For they were on three floors, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer square; so the highest was narrower than the lowest and middle floors from the earth level.
World English Bible (2000)
For they were in three stories, and they didn't have pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the uppermost] was straitened more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle ones.
Referenced Verses
- Ezek 41:6 : 6 The side rooms were arranged one above the other in three stories, with thirty chambers per story. They were supported by wall offsets in the temple, so that they were not fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
- 1 Kgs 6:8 : 8 The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the south side of the house, with stairs going up to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Ezek 42:2-54 verses91%
2In front of the length of one hundred cubits was the north-facing entrance, and it was fifty cubits wide.
3It faced the twenty cubits belonging to the inner court and the pavement belonging to the outer court, with a gallery facing a gallery, set in three tiers.
4Opposite the chambers was a walkway ten cubits wide and one cubit long, and their entrances faced the north.
5The upper chambers were shorter because the galleries took away space from them, compared to the lower and middle tiers of the building.
- Ezek 41:5-106 verses81%
5Then he measured the wall of the temple, which was six cubits thick, and the width of the side rooms surrounding the temple was four cubits.
6The side rooms were arranged one above the other in three stories, with thirty chambers per story. They were supported by wall offsets in the temple, so that they were not fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
7The side rooms became wider as they went higher, because the temple walls narrowed at each upward level. A stairway allowed access from the lower story to the upper story through the middle story.
8I also saw that the temple had a raised base all around it. This foundation for the side chambers was six cubits high.
9The outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits thick, and there was a free space of open ground around the temple.
10There was a space of twenty cubits between the side chambers and the outer chambers, all around the temple.
- 1 Kgs 6:4-63 verses81%
4He made windows with recessed frames for the house.
5He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.
6The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house.
- Ezek 41:15-173 verses78%
15He measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the back, along with its galleries on either side, which were one hundred cubits. The interior of the temple and the porches of the courtyard were also measured.
16The thresholds, the closed windows, and the galleries around the three sides opposite the threshold were paneled with wood all around, completely surrounding from the ground up to the windows, which were covered.
17From above the entrance to the inner house and on the outside, and on all the walls all around, both inside and out, there were measurements.
- Ezek 42:7-115 verses78%
7There was a wall on the outside beside the chambers, parallel to the outer court—a wall fifty cubits long.
8For the length of the chambers belonging to the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas those that faced the temple were one hundred cubits long.
9Underneath these chambers was the entrance from the east, which one could use when coming into them from the outer court.
10On the width of the wall of the courtyard, facing the separated area and the building, on the east side, were chambers.
11The passageway in front of them matched the appearance of the chambers on the north; they had the same length and width, with identical exits, designs, and entrances.
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8The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the south side of the house, with stairs going up to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
- 1 Kgs 7:3-64 verses76%
3It was paneled with cedar above the chambers that rested on the forty-five pillars, with fifteen pillars in each row.
4There were three rows of window frames positioned opposite each other on three levels.
5All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with openings placed directly opposite each other in three tiers.
6He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them.
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12The building facing the courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits wide, and its wall was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
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21Each pillar was eighteen cubits high. It was hollow, its walls were four fingers thick, and a measuring cord twelve cubits long could encircle it.
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36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
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26Its staircase had seven steps, leading up to it, and its porches were in front of them. It also had palm tree decorations, one on each side of its posts.
- Ezek 40:36-372 verses73%
36Its guardrooms, posts, and porches matched the measurements of the others. Windows were all around. The length of the gate was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.
37Its porch faced the outer courtyard, with palm tree decorations on its posts, one on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
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4It will have three layers of large stone and one layer of new timber. The cost will be paid from the royal treasury.
- Ezek 40:30-312 verses72%
30The porches stretched all around, with a length of twenty-five cubits and a width of five cubits.
31Its porch faced the outer courtyard, and palm tree decorations adorned its posts. Eight steps led up to it.
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15He made two pillars in front of the temple, thirty-five cubits high each, with a capital of five cubits on top of each.
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10He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.
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10There were three guardrooms on either side of the east-facing gateway, all of them were of equal dimension. The pilasters on either side also measured the same.
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34Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm tree decorations were on its posts, one on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
- 1 Kgs 7:10-123 verses72%
10The foundation was made of large, costly stones, with some measuring ten cubits and others eight cubits.
11Above were precious stones cut to measure, along with cedar wood.
12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.
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14He made the pilasters sixty cubits high, and the court was surrounded by the gate.
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12There was a border of one cubit in front of the guardrooms on either side, and each guardroom was six cubits square on both sides.
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21Its guardrooms—three on each side—its posts and its porches had the same dimensions as the first gate, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
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15On the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, the hangings were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
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49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and its width was eleven cubits. On the steps leading up to it were columns, one on each side, at the entrance.
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17Then he brought me to the outer courtyard, where there were chambers and a paved surface created all around the courtyard. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.
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22In the four corners of the courtyard were enclosed courtyards, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. They all had the same dimensions and were enclosed on all four sides.
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17The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and the tops of the posts were overlaid with silver; all the posts of the courtyard were connected with silver bands.