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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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;
