Genesis 10:4-5 - Compare All Versions
Genesis 10:4-5 NIV (New International Version)
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
Genesis 10:4-5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.
Genesis 10:4-5 NLT (New Living Translation)
The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.
Genesis 10:4-5 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these descendants, the peoples of the coasts and islands spread out into their lands according to their clans in their nations, each with its own language.
Genesis 10:4-5 KJV (King James Version)
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:4-5 NKJV (New King James Version)
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
Genesis 10:4-5 MSG (The Message)
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Rodanim. The seafaring peoples developed from these, each in its own place by family, each with its own language.
Genesis 10:4-5 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these the people of the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
Genesis 10:4-5 AMP (Amplified Bible)
the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these, [the people of] the coastlands of the nations were separated and spread into their lands, every one according to his own language, according to their constituent groups (families), and into their nations
Genesis 10:4-5 NET (New English Translation)
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim. From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.