King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
For they [were] in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the building] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Complete Jewish Bible:
For the rooms were on three floors, and they didn't have columns like those in the courtyards; therefore space was taken away from the [rooms on the] lower and middle [floors], in comparison with the ground.
Berean Standard Bible:
For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.
American Standard Version:
For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
For they were in three{H8027} stories, but had not pillars{H5982} as the pillars{H5982} of the courts{H2691}: therefore the building was straitened{H680} more than the lowest{H8481} and the middlemost{H8484} from the ground{H776}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Ezekiel 41:6
- And the side chambers [were] three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which [was] of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
1 Kings 6:8
- The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third.
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Commentary for Ezekiel 42:6
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H8027
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁלַשׁ
Transliteration: shâlash
Pronunciation: shaw-lash'
Description: a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from שָׁלוֹשׁ,; to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years); do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old). - Strong's Number: H5982
There are 84 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַמּוּד
Transliteration: ʻammûwd
Pronunciation: am-mood'
Description: or עַמֻּד; from עָמַד; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform; [idiom] apiece, pillar. - Strong's Number: H2691
There are 163 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָצֵר
Transliteration: châtsêr
Pronunciation: khaw-tsare'
Description: (masculine and feminine); from חָצַר in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls); court, tower, village. - Strong's Number: H680
There are 42 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָצַל
Transliteration: ʼâtsal
Pronunciation: aw-tsal'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from אֵצֶל; to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract; keep, reserve, straiten, take. - Strong's Number: H8481
There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תַּחְתּוֹן
Transliteration: tachtôwn
Pronunciation: takh-tone'
Description: or תַּחְתֹּן; from תַּחַת; bottommost; lower(-est), nether(-most). - Strong's Number: H8484
There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תִּיכוֹן
Transliteration: tîykôwn
Pronunciation: tee-kone'
Description: or תִּיכֹן; from תָּוֶךְ; central; middle(-most), midst. - Strong's Number: H776
There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֶרֶץ
Transliteration: ʼerets
Pronunciation: eh'-rets
Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.