Parallel Verses New Living Translation Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level. King James Bible And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. Darby Bible Translation And for the side-chambers there was an enlarging, and it went round about the house increasing upward; for the surrounding of the house increased upward round about the house; therefore the house had width upward, and so ascended from the lower story to the upper, by the middle one. World English Bible The side rooms were broader as they encompassed [the house] higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth of the house [continued] upward; and so one went up [from] the lowest [room] to the highest by the middle [room]. Young's Literal Translation And a broad place and a turning place still upwards are to the side-chambers, for the turning round of the house is still upwards all round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house is upwards, and so the lower one goeth up unto the higher by the midst. Ezekiel 41:7 Parallel Commentary Wesley's Notes on the Bible41:7 An enlarging - Of the side chambers, so much of breadth added to the chamber, as was taken from the thickness of the wall; that is, two cubits in the uppermost, and one cubit in the middle - most, more than in the lowest chambers. A winding about - Winding stairs, which enlarged as the rooms did, and these run up between each two chambers from the bottom to the top; so there were two doors at the head of each pair of stairs, one door opening into one chamber, and the other into the opposite chamber. For the winding about - These stairs, as they rose in height, enlarged themselves too. Round about - On all sides of the house where these chambers were. The breadth - Of each chamber. Increased - Grew broader by one cubit in every upper chamber. From five in the lowest to six in the middle, and to seven in the highest chamber. Ezekiel 41:7 Parallel Commentaries Library Cross References 1 Kings 6:5 He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building. 1 Kings 6:8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors. Jump to Previous Breadth Broader Chamber Chambers Continued Encompassed Encompassing Higher Highest House Increased Lowest Middle Midst Round Second Side Side-Chambers Sides Stages Story Structure Successive Surrounding Temple Upward Way Wider Width Winding WoundJump to Next Breadth Broader Chamber Chambers Continued Encompassed Encompassing Higher Highest House Increased Lowest Middle Midst Round Second Side Side-Chambers Sides Stages Story Structure Successive Surrounding Temple Upward Way Wider Width Winding WoundLinks Ezekiel 41:7 NIVEzekiel 41:7 NLT Ezekiel 41:7 ESV Ezekiel 41:7 NASB Ezekiel 41:7 KJV Ezekiel 41:7 Bible Apps Ezekiel 41:7 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 41:7 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 41:7 French Bible Ezekiel 41:7 German Bible Ezekiel 41:7 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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