Ezekiel 42:5 — Compare Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

English 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.

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

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.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English 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.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Now the upper chambers were narrow, for the galleries took space from these, from the lower and the middle chambers of the building.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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.

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

The outermost chambers were the lowest, for the system of levels set them at a level lower than the closest chambers and those in between;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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

English 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.

English NKJ 1982

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.

English 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.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The top-floor rooms were narrower than those on the middle and bottom stories of the building because the balconies took up some of the space of the lower stories.

English RSV (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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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

English Tyndale 1537

Thus the highest(hyest) chambers were alway narrower than the lowest and middle most of the building: