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The People of Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 9:24

In 11 translations

BSB
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
KJV
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
WEB
On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
ASV
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
LSV
The gatekeepers are at [the] four sides: east, west, north, and south.
YLT
At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
DBY
At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
DRC
In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.
GNV
The porters were in foure quarters Eastward, Westward, Northward and Southward.
JPS
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
LXXE
The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לְאַרְבַּ֣ע רוּח֔וֹת יִהְי֖וּ הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים מִזְרָ֥ח יָ֖מָּה צָפ֥וֹנָה וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃
LXX-Br
Κατὰ τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀνέμους ἦσαν αἱ πύλαι, κατὰ ἀνατολὰς, θάλασσαν, Βοῤῥᾶν, Νότον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Chronicles 26:14–18The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him. The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the…

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