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



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

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

KJVP
5. Now the upper H5945 chambers H3957 [ were ] shorter H7114 : for H3588 CONJ the galleries H862 were higher H3201 than these H2007 , than the lower H8481 , and than the middlemost H8484 of the building H1146 .

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

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

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

NASB
5. 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;

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

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

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

NKJV
5. 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.

MKJV
5. And the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries used up more space than the lower and middle ones in the building.

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

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

NIV
5. 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.

NIRV
5. 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.

NLT
5. 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.

MSG
5. The upper rooms themselves were narrower, their galleries being wider than on the first and second floors of the building.

GNB
5. 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.

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

ERVEN
5. 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.