Genesis 6:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Make a window for the ark and finish it to a cubit from the top. Put a door on the side of the ark, and construct it with lower, second, and third decks.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark on its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke. And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it. And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in ye syde of it: and thou shalt make it with.iij loftes one aboue an other.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    A wyndow shalt thou make aboue of a cubyte greate: but the dore shalt thou set in the myddest in the syde of it: And the Arke shalt thou make with thre loftes one aboue another.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    A windowe shalt thou make in the Arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue, and the doore of the Arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: thou shalt make it with the lowe, seconde and third roume.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    A wyndowe shalt thou make in the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finishe it aboue: but the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the syde therof. With three loftes one aboue another shalt thou make it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third `stories' dost thou make it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 7:16 : 16 Those entering, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.
  • Gen 8:6 : 6 At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out from the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.
  • 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 When Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it. She painted her eyes, arranged her hair, and looked out of a window.
  • Ezek 41:16 : 16 The 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.
  • Ezek 42:3 : 3 It 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.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 6:14-15
    2 verses
    86%

    14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make compartments in the ark and cover it inside and out with pitch.

    15And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, its width 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

  • Exod 25:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10They shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

    11Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and outside, and make a gold molding around it.

  • Gen 8:6
    75%

    6At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.

  • Exod 37:1
    75%

    1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits.

  • Gen 6:17-20
    4 verses
    73%

    17And I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life in it, under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.

    18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

    19And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

    20From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, and from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

  • Ezek 41:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 6:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Exod 25:16
    71%

    16Place inside the ark the testimony that I will give you.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    71%

    19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

  • Gen 7:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16Those entering, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.

    17The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.

    18The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

  • Ezek 40:25
    69%

    25The gate and its porches had windows all around, like the other windows—fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

  • 1 Kgs 7:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16
    69%

    16He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

  • Exod 27:8
    69%

    8The altar shall be hollow, made with boards. Just as it was shown to you on the mountain, so it shall be made.

  • Exod 26:16
    69%

    16Each frame shall be ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

  • Gen 8:2
    69%

    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

  • Gen 7:20
    69%

    20The waters rose to a height of fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them completely.

  • Ezek 40:12
    69%

    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.

  • Exod 40:3
    69%

    3Place the ark of the testimony there and shield the ark with the curtain.

  • Gen 7:6
    68%

    6Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

  • Exod 26:30
    68%

    30You shall set up the tabernacle according to the plan you were shown on the mountain.

  • Ezek 41:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other. He measured the length of the temple as forty cubits, and its width as twenty cubits.

    3Then he went inside and measured the jambs of the entrance, which were two cubits; the entrance itself was six cubits, and the width of the entrance was seven cubits.

  • Gen 8:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

    16Leave the ark, you and your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

  • Gen 1:6
    68%

    6Then God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.'

  • Gen 7:1
    68%

    1Then the Lord said to Noah, 'Enter the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.'

  • Exod 25:14
    68%

    14Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

  • Ezek 42:3
    68%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8
    67%

    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 6:31
    67%

    31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood; the doorposts formed a pentagon.