• 1 Kings 6:6
    The Bible in Living English

    • 6 (The undermost by-room was seven and a half feet wide, and the middle one nine feet, and the third ten and a half feet; for he gave the house offsets around it on the outside, to avoid taking a hold in the walls of the house;

  • 1 Kings 6:6
    American Standard Version

    • 6 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.

  • 1 Kings 6:6
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 6 The lowest gallery was five cubits broad, and the middle six cubits broad, and the third seven cubits broad,—for he put ledges against the house round about on the outer side, so as not to make fastenings in the walls of the house.

  • 1 Kings 6:6
    King James Version

    • 6 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.