1 Chronicles 4:7

Good News Translation

Ashhur and Helah had three sons: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Helah’s sons: Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan.

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Hel'ah were Tzeret, Tzochar, and Etnan.

King James Version
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

English Standard Version
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

New Century Version
Helah's sons were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

New English Translation
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

Amplified Bible
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

World English Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Heleah were Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan,

Contemporary English Version
Ashhur and Helah were the parents of Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Hel'ah were Tzeret, Tzochar and Etnan.

Darby Translation
And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, and Koz.

George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth and Jezoar and Ethnan.

Lexham English Bible
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Literal Translation
And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Hellea were: Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.

American Standard Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Helah, were: Zereth, Iezoar, and Ethuan.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Helah were: Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.

English Revised Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Haala weren Sereth, Isaar, and Ethan.

Update Bible Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Helah [were], Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

New King James Version
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;

New Living Translation
Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,

New Life Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

New Revised Standard
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Helah, were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.

Revised Standard Version
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

Contextual Overview

¹ These are some of the descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ² Shobal was the father of Reaiah, who was the father of Jahath, the father of Ahumai and Lahad, the ancestors of the people who lived in Zorah. ³Hur was the oldest son of his father Caleb's wife Ephrath, and his descendants founded the city of Bethlehem. Hur had three sons: Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam had three sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and one daughter, Hazzelelponi. Penuel founded the city of Gedor, and Ezer founded Hushah. ⁵ Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶ He and Naarah had four sons: Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. ⁷ Ashhur and Helah had three sons: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. ⁸ Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel son of Harum. ⁹ There was a man named Jabez, who was the most respected member of his family. His mother had given him the name Jabez, because his birth had been very painful. ¹⁰ But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, "Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain." And God gave him what he prayed for.

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
And he said to the woman, "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him."

Genesis 4:6
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why that scowl on your face?

Genesis 4:8
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out in the fields." When they were out in the fields, Cain turned on his brother and killed him.

Genesis 4:9
The Lord asked Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He answered, "I don't know. Am I supposed to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

Genesis 4:11
You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil. It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.

Genesis 4:12
If you try to grow crops, the soil will not produce anything; you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

Genesis 4:13
And Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is too hard for me to bear.

Genesis 19:21
He answered, "All right, I agree. I won't destroy that town.

Numbers 32:23
But if you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against the Lord . Make no mistake about it; you will be punished for your sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Helah,....] The other wife:

were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:7. And Ethnan. — After this word we should, with the Targum, read Coz, whose posterity is mentioned in the next verse. Coz was probably the same as Kenaz.