1 Kings 6:8
What does 1 Kings 6:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The opening of the middle side <FI>is<Fi> at the right shoulder of the house, and with windings they go up on the middle one, and from the middle one unto the third.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The door, for the middle side, was on the right hand of the house: and by winding stairs they went up to the middle room, and from the middle to the third.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The entrance to the side-chambers of the middle [floor] was in the right side of the house; and they went up by winding stairs into the middle [floor], and out of the middle into the third.
Context
v.7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
v.8This passage
v.9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 41:6
And the side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house.
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