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.


In Context

37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.

38 These who are coming in by name are princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have broken forth into a multitude;

39 and they go to the entrance of Gedor, unto the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock,

40 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.

41 And these who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smite their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction unto this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock is there.

42 And of them, of the sons of Simeon, there have gone to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head,

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 American Standard 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 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 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.