Ezekiel 42:5

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

King James Version

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Other Translations for Ezekiel 42:5

BSB

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

CPDV

In that place, there were storerooms in the upper part of the lower level. For they supported the porticos, which projected from them out of the lower level, and out of the middle of the building.

ERV

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

NHEB

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

SMT

And the upper cells shortened, for the offsets will prevail above these, from the lower and from the middle of the building:

Word Study (Strong’s) for Ezekiel 42:5

NowtheupperH5945 chambersH3957Noun FemininewereshorterH7114VerbforthegalleriesH862Noun MasculinewerehigherH398VerbthantheseH2007FemininethanthelowerH8481AdjectiveandthanthemiddlemostH8484AdjectiveofthebuildingH1146Noun Masculine

Commentary for Ezekiel 42:5

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Barnes’ Notes Classic commentary from Albert Barnes Matthew Henry Commentary Classic commentary from Matthew Henry

Overview of Ezekiel 42:5

Summary

Upper levels reduced in height

Place

Temple Outer Court

Event

Comparing story heights

Estimated Time Period

c. 590 BC