1 Kings 6:10 — Compare Translations

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Then he built the stories of chambers [the lean-to] against all the house, each [story] five cubits high; and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Then he built the stories of chambers [the lean-to] against all the house, each [story] five cubits high; and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7½ feet high.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar.

English EASY 2024

He also built the rooms around the sides of the temple. Each room was 2.3 metres high. Cedar beams fixed the rooms to the temple building.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then he finished building the rooms around the Temple. Each story was 5 cubits tall. The cedar beams in these rooms rested on a ledge of the Temple wall.

He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The three-storied annex, each story 7½ feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He built {each story of the} annex 7 1/2 feet high alongside the entire temple. Its cedar beams were attached to the temple.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; [each story was] seven and a half feet high.

English KJV 1611

And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

English LSB

He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then he built chambers against the whole house, five cubits high, and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The annex, with its lowest story five cubits high, was built all along the outside of the temple, to which it was joined by cedar beams.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He built side rooms all along the temple. Each room was seven and a half feet high. They were joined to the temple by cedar beams.

English NIV

And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

English NKJ 1982

And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.

English NLT

As already stated, there was a complex of rooms on three sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7 1/2 feet high.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He built the structure against the whole house, each story five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

He built the structure against the whole house, each story five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

As already stated, there was an annex on each side of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the annex was 7 1/2 feet high.

English Tyndale 1537

And then he built chambers over all the temple of five cubits height, and coupled the house together with beams of Cedar.