1 Chronicles 6:63 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.
English ASV
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
English Amplified
To the Merarites were given by lot, according to their families, twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
To the Merarites were given by lot, according to their families, twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
To the children of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
English EASY 2024
Merari's descendants received 12 towns. The lots showed which towns they would receive. Their towns were in land that belonged to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
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.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
In the same way, twelve towns in the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun were assigned to the clan of Merari, family by family.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The families of Merari's descendants were given 12 cities chosen by lot from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The Merarites [were assigned] by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.
English KJV 1611
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
English LSB
To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave by lot from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities in all.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Across the Jordan at Jericho (that is, east of the Jordan) they received from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the desert with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The members of the family line of Merari were given 12 towns. They received them family group by family group. The towns were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
English NIV
The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
English NKJ 1982
To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
English NLT
The descendants of Merari received by sacred lots twelve towns from the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve towns out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The subclans of Merari received by lot twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
English Tyndale 1537
And unto the sons of Merari were given by lot among their kindreds and out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve cities.