Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 42:5
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.
Amplified® Bible
Now the upper chambers were shorter, for the balconies took off from these more than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.
Contemporary English Version
The rooms on the top level were narrower than those on the middle level, and the rooms on the middle level were narrower than those on the bottom level.
Darby English Version
And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.
Good News Bible
The rooms at the upper level of the building were narrower than those at the middle and lower levels because they were set further back.
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.
New American Standard Bible
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 International Version
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 King James Version
Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now the upper chambers appeared smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.
Revised Standard Version
Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers 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;
