Ezekiel 42:5

KJ21

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

ASV

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

AMP

Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took away more space from them than from the chambers on the lower and middle stories of the building;

AMPC

Now the upper chambers were shorter, for the balconies took off from these more than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

BRG

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

CSB

The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

CEB

The upper chambers were smaller, because the promenades took up more space from them than from the first and second stories.

CJB

The upper rooms were shorter, because the galleries took up some of their space, more than from the [rooms on the] lower and middle [floors] of the building.

CEV

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

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

DRA

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.

ERV

Since this building was three stories tall and did not have columns like those columns of the outer courtyards, the top rooms were farther back than the rooms on the middle and bottom floors. The top floor was narrower than the middle floor, which was narrower than the bottom floor because the balconies used this space.

EASY

The rooms at the top level were not as wide as the rooms below them. And the rooms at the middle level were not as wide as the rooms at the lowest level. This was because the higher rooms needed more space in front of them.

EHV

The upper rooms were narrower, because the balconies took more space away from them than from the building’s bottom and middle floors.

ESV

Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

ESVUK

Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

EXB

The ·top [upper] rooms were narrower, because the ·balconies [galleries] took more space from them. The rooms on the first and second stories of the building were wider.

GNV

Now the chambers above were narrower: for those chambers seemed to eat up these, to wit, the lower, and those that were in the midst of the building.

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.

GNT

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.

HCSB

The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

ICB

The top rooms were narrower. This was because the balconies took more space from them. The rooms on the first and second stories of the building were wider.

ISV

The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building.

JUB

Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from the others, from the lower ones and from the middle ones.

KJV

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

AKJV

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

LSB

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.

LEB

And the upper chambers narrowed, for the galleries took away space from them more than they took from the lower levels and more than they took from the middle level in the building.

TLB

The upper two tiers of rooms were not as wide as the lower one, because the upper tiers had wider walkways beside them.

MSG

The man led me north into the outside courtyard and brought me to the rooms that are in front of the open space and the house facing north. The length of the house on the north was one hundred seventy-five feet, and its width eighty-seven and a half feet. Across the thirty-five feet that separated the inside courtyard from the paved walkway at the edge of the outside courtyard, the rooms rose level by level for three stories. In front of the rooms on the inside was a hallway seventeen and a half feet wide and one hundred seventy-five feet long. Its entrances were from the north. The upper rooms themselves were narrower, their galleries being wider than on the first and second floors of the building. The rooms on the third floor had no pillars like the pillars in the outside courtyard and were smaller than the rooms on the first and second floors. There was an outside wall parallel to the rooms and the outside courtyard. It fronted the rooms for eighty-seven and a half feet. The row of rooms facing the outside courtyard was eighty-seven and a half feet long. The row on the side nearest the Sanctuary was one hundred seventy-five feet long. The first-floor rooms had their entrance from the east, coming in from the outside courtyard.

MEV

Now the upper chambers were shorter. For the galleries were higher than these, than the lower and the middle ones of the building.

NOG

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.

NABRE

The upper chambers were shorter because they lost space to the lower and middle tiers of the building.

NASB

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.

NASB1995

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.

NCB

The chambers on the upper level were narrower than those on the two levels below because the galleries took up more of the width on the upper level.

NCV

The top rooms were narrower, because the balconies took more space from them. The rooms on the first and second stories of the building were wider.

NET

Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

NIRV

The rooms on the top floor were narrower than the others. The walkways took up more space from these rooms. The walkways took up less space from the rooms on the other two floors.

NIV

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.

NIVUK

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.

NKJV

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.

NLV

The upper rooms were smaller because the walkways took more away from them than from the rooms on the first and second floors of the building.

NLT

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.

NRSVA