1 Chronicles 9 · Verse 24

1 Chronicles 9:24

In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles 9:24, King James Version

1 Chronicles 9:24 in other translations

BSBThe gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
WEBOn the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
ASVOn the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
YLTAt four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
DARBYAt the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
BBEThere were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
WebsterIn four quarters were the porters, towards the east, west, north and south.

1 Chronicles 9:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְאַרְבַּ֣עle.'ar.Ba'to fourH702
רוּח֔וֹתru.ChotsidesH7307
יִהְי֖וּyih.Yuthey wereH1961
הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑יםha.sho.'a.Rimthe gatekeepersH7778
מִזְרָ֥חmiz.Rach[the] eastH4217
יָ֖מָּהYa.mahwest -wardH3220
צָפ֥וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahnorth -wardH6828
וָנֶֽגְבָּה\׃va.Neg.bahand south -wardH5045

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 9:24

  • 1 Chronicles 26:14-18

    And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. …

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 9:23

    So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:24

    In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:25

    And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

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1 Chronicles 9:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y estaban los porteros á los cuatro vientos, al oriente, al occidente, al septentrión, y al mediodía.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les portiers étaient vers les quatre vents, à l’orient, à l’occident, au nord, et au midi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Torhüter standen nach den vier Winden: gegen Osten, gegen Westen, gegen Norden und gegen Süden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Per quatuor ventos erant ostiarii: id est, ad orientem, et ad occidentem, et ad aquilonem, et ad austrum.