Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.

World English Bible (WEB)

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

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And the upper chambers `are' short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;