1 Chronicles 4:40
What does 1 Chronicles 4:40 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 4:40 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.
Context
v.39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
v.40This passage
v.41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
- Psalms 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
- Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
- Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Psalms 78:51
And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
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