1 KI 6:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The lowest level was just over two metres wide, the middle level was half a metre wider, and the top level the same again (because the temple wall got thinner as it went up). The temple walls had ledges built into them for the beams to sit on, so they wouldn’t have to go through the walls.

6:6 OSHB variant note: ה/יצוע: (x-qere) ’הַ/יָּצִ֨יעַ’: lemma_d/3326 b morph_HTd/Ncmsa id_11FvR הַ/יָּצִ֨יעַ

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἡ πλευρὰ ἡ ὑποκάτω πέντε πήχεων ἐν πήχει τὸ πλάτος αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸ μέσον ἓξ, καὶ ἡ τρίτη ἑπτὰ ἐν πήχει τὸ πλάτος αὐτῆς· ὅτι διάστημα ἔδωκε τῷ οἴκῳ κυκλόθεν ἔξωθεν τοῦ οἴκου, ὅπως μὴ ἐπιλαμβάνωνται τῶν τοίχων τοῦ οἴκου.
(Haʸ pleura haʸ hupokatō pente paʸⱪeōn en paʸⱪei to platos autaʸs, kai to meson hex, kai haʸ tritaʸ hepta en paʸⱪei to platos autaʸs; hoti diastaʸma edōke tōi oikōi kuklothen exōthen tou oikou, hopōs maʸ epilambanōntai tōn toiⱪōn tou oikou. )

BrTr The under side was five cubits broad, and the middle part six, and the third was seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house.

ULT The spread out place of the lowest level, five by the cubit was its width, and the middle level, six by the cubit was its width, and the third level, seven by the cubit was its width. For he gave ledges for the house all around the outside, so not to hold on to the walls of the house.

UST Each room in the lowest level was two and one-third meters wide. Each room in the middle level was two and four-fifths meters wide. The rooms in the top level were three and one-tenth meters wide. The wall of the temple at the top level was thinner than the wall at the middle level, and the wall of the middle level was thinner than the wall at the bottom level. In this way, the rooms could rest on the wall underneath them; the rooms did not need wooden beams underneath to support them.

BSB The bottom floor [was] five cubits wide,[fn] the middle floor six cubits and the third [floor] seven cubits He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into [its] walls.

6:6 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24.

OEB The lower side-chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle six cubits broad, and the third seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets around about the temple in order not to make an inset into the walls of the temple.

WEBBE The lowest floor 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, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

LSV The lowest couch, its breadth [is] five by the cubit; and the middle, its breadth [is] six by the cubit; and the third, its breadth [is] seven by the cubit, for he has put withdrawings of the house all around outside—not to lay hold on the walls of the house.

FBV The ground floor measured five cubits wide, the first floor six cubits, and the second floor seven cubits. In addition he had offset ledges placed all the way around the outside, so that beams would not have to be inserted into the Temple walls.

T4T Each room in the lowest level/story was 7-1/2 feet wide. Each room in the middle level/story was nine feet wide. The rooms in the top level/story were 10-1/2 feet wide. The wall of the temple at the top level/story was thinner than the wall at the middle level/story, and the wall of the middle level/story was thinner than the wall at the bottom level/story. The result was that the rooms could be supported by the wall underneath them, and did not require wooden beams to support them.

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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.

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JPS the nethermost story of the side-structure was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house. —

ASV The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.

DRA The floor that was underneath, was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third door was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple.

YLT The lowest couch, five by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit [is] its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without — not to lay hold on the walls of the house.

Drby The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the [thickness of the wall of] the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.

RV The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.
(The lowest story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house. )

SLT The floor the lower part, five by the cubit its breadth, and the middle, six by the cubit its breadth, and the third, seven by the cubit its breadth: for he gave offsets to the house round about without, so that it laid not hold upon the walls of the house.

Wbstr The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

KJB-1769 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.[fn]
(The lowest chamber/room was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. )

6.6 narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements

KJB-1611 [fn]The nethermost chamber was fiue cubites broad, and the middle was sixe cubites broad, and the third was seuen cubites broad: for without in the wall of the house hee made narrowed rests round about, that the beames should not bee fastened in the walles of the house.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

6:6 Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements.

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Gnva The nethermost gallerie was fiue cubites broade, and the middlemost sixe cubites broade, and the third seuen cubites broade: for he made restes round about without the house, that the beames should not be fastened in the walles of the house.
(The lowest gallerie was five cubits broade, and the middlemost six cubits broade, and the third seven cubits broad: for he made restes round about without the house, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. )

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ClVg Tabulatum quod subter erat, quinque cubitos habebat latitudinis, et medium tabulatum sex cubitorum latitudinis, et tertium tabulatum septem habens cubitos latitudinis. Trabes autem posuit in domo per circuitum forinsecus, ut non hærerent muris templi.[fn]
(Tabulatum that underneath was, five elbows had width, and medium tabulatum sex cubits width, and tertium tabulatum seven having elbows width. Trabes however put in/into/on at_home through surroundings forinsecus, as not/no hærerent muris templi. )

6.6 Trabes autem posuit in domo per circuitum forinsecus. BEDA, ibid. Domus quæ tabulata portant, etc., usque ad et tamen ex eis quæ loquendo, agendo, vel patiendo foris ostendunt, invenimus salutis auxilium. Trabes, etc., forinsecus. Tantæ longitudinis erat, ut capita earum forinsecus prominerent. In infimo ordine cubitorum septem, in medio sex, in supremo quinque, ut in capitibus earum tabulata componerentur, non muris templi infixa, sed juxta muros trabibus quæ de muris exierant, superposita.

6.6 Trabes however put in/into/on at_home through surroundings forinsecus. BEDA, ibid. Domus which tabulata gate/doornt, etc., until to and nevertheless from to_them which loquendo, agendo, or patiendo outside ostendunt, I_foundmus health help/aid(n). Trabes, etc., forinsecus. Tantæ length was, as heads of_them forinsecus prominerent. In infimo ordine cubits seven, in/into/on in_the_middle sex, in/into/on supremo five, as in/into/on heads of_them tabulata componerentur, not/no muris templi infixa, but next_to the_walls trabibus which from/about muris exierant, superposita.

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

he made

(Some words not found in UHB: the, the,lowest five in/on/at/with,cubits wide_of,its and,the,middle six in/on/at/with,cubits wide_of,its and,the,third seven in/on/at/with,cubits wide_of,its that/for/because/then/when offsets he/it_gave of_the,house all_around outside,to to=not inserted in/on/at/with,walls_of the,house )

Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. Alternate translation: “they made”

The lowest story … the middle … the third

This refers to the rooms in each story of the building.

Note 2 topic: translate-bdistance

five cubits … six cubits … seven cubits

A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: “about 2.3 meters … about 2.8 meters … about 3.2 meters”

he made offsets in the wall of the house

They made ledges all around the main building to support the beams of the small rooms.

beams

A beam is a long heavy piece of wood used to support a building.

Parallel 1 KI 6:6

Parallel 1 KI 6:6