1 Chronicles 6:55

Easy-to-Read Version

They were given the town of Hebron and the fields around it. This was in the area of Judah.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

Hebrew Names Version
to them they gave Hevron in the land of Yehudah, and the suburbs of it round about it;

King James Version
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

English Standard Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

New Century Version
They were given the city of Hebron in Judah and the pastures around it,

New English Translation
They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands.

Amplified Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture land;

New American Standard Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it;

World English Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs of it round about it;

Geneva Bible (1587)
So they gaue them Hebron in the lande of Iudah and the suburbes thereof rounde about it.

Legacy Standard Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, with its pasture lands all around it;

Berean Standard Bible
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

Contemporary English Version
They received the town of Hebron in the territory of Judah and the pastureland around it.

Complete Jewish Bible
and out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: ‘Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil‘am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K'hat.

Darby Translation
and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

George Lamsa Translation
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

Good News Translation
This included Hebron in the territory of Judah and the pasture lands around it.

Lexham English Bible
and they gave to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

Literal Translation
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its open lands all around it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they gaue the Hebron in the londe of Iuda, & the suburbes of the same rounde aboute.

American Standard Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

Bible in Basic English
To them they gave Hebron and its outskirts in the land of Judah;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they gaue them Hebron in the land of Iuda, and the suburbes thereof rounde about it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with the open land about it, and Bileam with the open land about it, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

King James Version (1611)
And they gaue them Hebron in the land of Iudah, and the suburbes thereof round about it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.

English Revised Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the children of Israel yauen to hem Ebron in the lond of Juda, and the subarbis therof bi cumpas;

Update Bible Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

Webster's Bible Translation
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it.

New King James Version
They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.

New Living Translation
This territory included Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah,

New Life Bible
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah, and the fields around it.

New Revised Standard
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture lands,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

Revised Standard Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture lands,

Young's Literal Translation
and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it;

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴ These are the places where Aaron's descendants lived. They lived in their camps in the land that was given to them. The Kohath families got the first share of the land that was given to the Levites. ⁵⁵ They were given the town of Hebron and the fields around it. This was in the area of Judah. ⁵⁶ But the fields farther from town and the villages near the town of Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ The descendants of Aaron were given the city of Hebron. Hebron was a city of safety. They were also given the cities of Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, ⁵⁸ Hilen, Debir, ⁵⁹ Ashan, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh. They got all the cities and the fields around them. ⁶⁰ From the tribe of Benjamin they got the cities of Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth. They got all the cities and the fields around them. Thirteen cities were given to the Kohath families. ⁶¹ The rest of Kohath's descendants got ten towns from half the tribe of Manasseh. ⁶² The tribes that were the descendants of Gershon got 13 cities. They got the cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of Manasseh living in the area of Bashan. ⁶³ The tribes that were the descendants of Merari got 12 cities. They got the cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. They got them by throwing lots.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hebron: Joshua 14:13, Joshua 15:13, Joshua 21:11-13, Judges 1:20

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:12 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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