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Julia Smith Translation
And they will find fat pasture and good, and the land wide of hands and resting and quiet; for from Ham dwelling there before.
New American Standard Bible
They found rich and good pasture, and
King James Version
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
Holman Bible
They found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, peaceful, and quiet,
International Standard Version
They discovered abundant and excellent grazing lands there, where the land was very broad, secure, and tranquil, because the former inhabitants there were descendants of Ham.
A Conservative Version
And they found lush and good pasture, and the land was wide and quiet and peaceable, for those who dwelt there formerly were of Ham.
American Standard Version
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
Amplified
They found rich, good pasture, and the [cleared] land was wide, quiet, and peaceful; for those who had lived there previously came from Ham [and had left it a better place for those who came after them].
Bible in Basic English
And 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.
Darby Translation
And 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.
King James 2000
And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there formerly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they found fertile and good pasture, and the land [was] very broad, quiet, and at ease, for the former inhabitants there [were] from Ham.
Modern King James verseion
And they found fertile and good pasture, for the land was wide and quiet and peaceable. For some of the sons of Ham had lived there of old.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they found fat pasture and good and a wide land both quiet and fruitful: for they of Ham dwelt there before.
NET Bible
They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that.
New Heart English Bible
They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
The Emphasized Bible
and they found pasture, fat and good, and, the land, was broad on both hands, and quiet, and secure, - for, of Ham, were the dwellers there aforetime.
Webster
And they found rich pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
World English Bible
They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before.
Themes
Ham » Patronymic of the descendants of ham
hezekiah » King of judah » Military operations of
Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Seeking out good pasture for them
Simeon » Tribe of » Inheritance allotted to
The tribe of Simeon » Part of, destroyed the remnant of the amalekites, and dwelt in their land
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 4:40
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Descendants Of Simeon
39 And they will come to the entrance of Gedor, even to the sunrising of the valley to seek pasture for their sheep. 40 And they will find fat pasture and good, and the land wide of hands and resting and quiet; for from Ham dwelling there before. 41 And these being written by names, will come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they will strike their tents and their dwellings those being found there, and they will exterminate them even to this day, and they will dwell instead of them, for pasture there for their sheep.
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Judges 18:7-10
And the five men will go and come to Laish, and they will see the people which in the midst of her, dwelling in confidence according to the judgment of the Sidonians, quiet and confiding; and none shaming the word in the land, a possessor heaping up, and they far off from the Sidonians, and the word was not to them with man.
Genesis 9:22-29
And Ham the father of Canaan will see the nakedness of his father, and he will declare to his two brethren without
Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Psalm 78:51
And he will strike all the firstborn in Egypt; the first-fruits of their toils in the tents of Ham:
Psalm 105:23
And Israel will come into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.