40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.


In Context

37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah-

38 these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers houses increased greatly.

39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40 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.

41 And 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.

42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

1 Chronicles 4:40 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:40They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for [they] of Ham had dwelt there of old.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:40And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:40And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:40And they found rich pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:40They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:40and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelled there of old.