Parallel Verses

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 American Standard Bible

They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites.

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, for some Hamites had lived there previously.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

fat
שׁמן 
Shamen 
Usage: 11

מרעה 
Mir`eh 
Usage: 13

and the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

רחב 
Rachab 
Usage: 20

and quiet
שׁקט 
Shaqat 
Usage: 41

and peaceable
שׁלוה שׁליו שׁלו 
Shalev 
Usage: 8

for they of Ham
חם 
Cham 
Ham
Usage: 16

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

References

Context Readings

Descendants Of Simeon

39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep. 40 They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that. 41 The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites' settlements, as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there.

Cross References

Judges 18:7-10

So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Genesis 9:22-29

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

Genesis 10:6

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Psalm 78:51

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

Psalm 105:23

Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

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