1 Kings 6:6 
Context| NET © | The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet 1 wide, the middle floor nine feet 2 wide, and the third floor ten and a half 3 feet wide. He made ledges 4 on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 5 |
| NIV © | The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. |
| NASB © | The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. |
| NLT © | The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7 1/2 feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10 1/2 feet wide. The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves. |
| MSG © | The lower floor was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet, and the third floor ten and a half feet. He had projecting ledges built into the outside Temple walls to support the buttressing beams. |
| BBE © | The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house. |
| NRSV © | The lowest story was five cubits wide, the middle one was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house. |
| NKJV © | The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the temple. |
| KJV | The nethermost <08481> [was] five <02568> cubits <0520> broad <07341>_, and the middle <08484> [was] six <08337> cubits <0520> broad <07341>_, and the third <07992> [was] seven <07651> cubits <0520> broad <07341>_: for without [in the wall] of <02351> the house <01004> narrowed rests <04052> round about <05439>_, in the walls <07023> of the house <01004>_. {narrowed...: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements} |
| NASB © | The lowest <08481> story <03330> was five <02568> cubits <0520> wide <07341> , and the middle <08484> was six <08337> cubits <0520> wide <07341> , and the third <07992> was seven <07651> cubits <0520> wide <07341> ; for on the outside <02351> he made <05414> offsets <04052> in the wall of the house <01004> all <05439> around <05439> in order that the beams would not be inserted <0270> in the walls <07023> of the house .<01004> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | The bottom <08481> floor of the extension <03326> was seven and a half feet <0520> <02568> wide <07341> , the middle <08484> floor nine feet <0520> <08337> wide <07341> , and the third <07992> floor ten and a half feet <0520> <07651> wide <07341> . He made <05414> ledges <04052> on the temple’s <01004> outer <02351> walls so the beams would not <01115> have to be inserted <0270> into the walls .<07023> |
| NET © | The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet 1 wide, the middle floor nine feet 2 wide, and the third floor ten and a half 3 feet wide. He made ledges 4 on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 5 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “five cubits.” 2 tn Heb “six cubits.” 3 tn Heb “seven cubits.” 4 tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.” 5 tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.” |
