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Genesis 6:16
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Genesis 6:16

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New American Standard Bible

You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

King James Version

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Holman Bible

You are to make a roof, finishing the sides of the ark to within 18 inches of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with lower, middle, and upper decks.

International Standard Version

Make a roof for the ark, and finish the walls to within one cubit from the top. Place the entrance in the side of the ark, and build a lower, a middle, and an upper deck.

A Conservative Version

Thou shall make a light for the ark, and thou shall finish it to a cubit upward. And thou shall set the door of the ark in the side of it, with lower, second, and third stories thou shall make it.

American Standard Version

A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Amplified

You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.

Bible in Basic English

You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

Darby Translation

A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with a lower, second, and third story shalt thou make it.

Julia Smith Translation

Light shall thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou complete it from the ascent; and the entrance of the ark thou shalt set in its side; the lower parts the two and the three shalt thou make.

King James 2000

A window shall you make for the ark, and within a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You must make a roof for the ark, and {finish it to a cubit above}. And [as for] the door of the ark, you must put [it] in its side. You must make it [with] a lower, second, and a third [deck].

Modern King James verseion

You shall make a window in the ark, and you shall finish it above to a cubit. And you shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second and third stories.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A window shalt thou make above in the ark. And within a cubit compass shalt thou finish it. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side of it: and thou shalt make it with three lofts - one above another.

NET Bible

Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

New Heart English Bible

You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

The Emphasized Bible

A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark and to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and the opening of the ark - in the side thereof, shalt thou put, - with lower, second and third stories, shalt thou make it.

Webster

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

World English Bible

You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

Youngs Literal Translation

a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third stories dost thou make it.

Themes

Antediluvians » Arts of

Ark » Noah's » Directions for building of

Art » Primitive » Carpentry

Bible stories for children » The voyage of the big boat

Carpentry » Building the ark of noah

Communion » Instances of » Noah

Cubit » A measure of distance

Faith » Trial of Faith » Instances of » Noah, in building the ark

Measures » Of length » Cubit

Noah » Son of lamech » Builds an ark (ship) and saves his family from the great flood

Sciences » Mechanics

ship » Built » By noah

Topics

Decks

Rooftop

Three Parts Of Constructions

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A window
H6672
צהר 
Tsohar 
noon, noonday, day, midday, noontide , window
Usage: 24

shalt thou make
H6213

do, make, wrought, deal, commit, offer, execute, keep, shew, prepare, work, do so, perform, get, dress, maker, maintain,
Usage: 0

to the ark
H8392
תּבה 
Tebah 
ark
Usage: 28

and in a cubit
H520
אמּה 
'ammah 
cubit, measure, post, not translated
Usage: 245

shalt thou finish
H3615
כּלה 
Kalah 
consume, end, finish, fail, accomplish, done, spend, ended, determined, away, fulfil, fainteth, destroy, left, waste,
Usage: 207

it above
H4605
מעל 
Ma`al 
upward, above, high, exceedingly, upon, very, forward, exceeding, over, above only, overturned , above them, up
Usage: 140

and the door
H6607
פּתח 
Pethach 
door, entering, entry, gate, in, entrance, openings, place
Usage: 164

of the ark
H8392
תּבה 
Tebah 
ark
Usage: 28

shalt thou set
H7760
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
put, make, set, lay, appoint, give, set up, consider, turn, brought, ordain, place, take, shew, regard, mark, disposed, care,
Usage: 580

in the side thereof
H6654
צד 
Tsad 
side, beside, another
Usage: 33

with lower
H8482
תּחתּי 
Tachtiy 
nether parts nether, lowest, lower, lower parts,
Usage: 19

second
H8145
שׁני 
Sheniy 
second, other, time, again, another, more, either, second rank
Usage: 156

and third
H7992
שׁלישׁי 
Sh@liyshiy 
third, third part, three years old, three, third rank, third time
Usage: 108

stories shalt thou make
H6213

do, make, wrought, deal, commit, offer, execute, keep, shew, prepare, work, do so, perform, get, dress, maker, maintain,
Usage: 0

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 6:16

Verse Info

Context Readings

God Warns Noah

15 This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

Other ReadingsNoahPrelude To The Flood

Cross References

Genesis 7:16

Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed it behind him.

Genesis 8:6

Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;

2 Samuel 6:16

Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

2 Kings 9:30

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.

Ezekiel 41:16

The thresholds, the latticed windows and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),

Ezekiel 42:3

Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery corresponding to gallery in three stories.

Luke 13:25

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

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