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I Chronicles 4:Verse 27

KJV
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And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

Numbers 26:14Numbers 26:22Numbers 2:13Numbers 26:14Numbers 26:22
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What Does I Chronicles 4:27 Mean?

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"Shimei's many sons and daughters create a contrast within Simeon's genealogy, because one branch becomes unusually full while the wider tribal frame r..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

American Standard Version
ASV

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.

American King James Version
AKJV

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brothers had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

And to Shimei are sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.

Darby Translation
Darby

and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.

Webster Bible
Webster

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like the children of Judah.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither was all their familie like to the children of Iudah in multitude.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And, Shimei, had sixteen sons, and six daughters, but, his brethren, had not many children,—nor did, any of their family, multiply so much as the sons of Judah.

Literal Translation
LITV

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

Modern King James
MKJV

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, and all their family did not multiply like the sons of Judah.

Updated King James
UKJV

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children. But all their families did not multiply like the men of Judah.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

The sons of Shimei were sixteen, and there were six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, and the entire kindred was not equal to the sum of the sons of Judah.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

Revised Webster
RWebster

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like the children of Judah.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

The sones of Semey weren sixtene, and sixe douytris; sotheli hise britheren hadden not many sones, and al the kynrede myyte not be euene to the summe of the sones of Juda.

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