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Berean Standard Bible

“The bottom floor was five cubits wide, 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.”

1 Kings 6:6

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The bottom floor was five cubits wide, 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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

El aposento de abajo era de cinco codos de ancho, y el de en medio de seis codos de ancho, y el tercero de siete codos de ancho: porque por de fuera había hecho disminuciones á la casa en derredor, para no trabar las vigas de las paredes de la casa.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Estas salas tenían tres pisos de alto, siendo el piso bajo de dos metros con veinticinco centímetros de ancho; el segundo piso medía dos metros con setenta centímetros de ancho, y el piso superior era de tres metros con quince centímetros de ancho. Las medidas de la parte exterior del templo habían sido reducidas, para que las vigas que sostenían las salas no descansaran sobre las paredes.

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