1 Chronicles 4:27

What does 1 Chronicles 4:27 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 4:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And to Shimei <FI>are<Fi> sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.

Context

v.26And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

v.27This passage

v.28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 2:4

    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

  • Numbers 26:14

    These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

  • Numbers 2:13

    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

  • Numbers 26:22

    These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

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