1st Chronicles Chapter 9 verse 24 Holy Bible

ASV 1stChronicles 9:24

On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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BBE 1stChronicles 9:24

There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
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DARBY 1stChronicles 9:24

At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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KJV 1stChronicles 9:24

In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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WBT 1stChronicles 9:24

In four quarters were the porters, towards the east, west, north and south.
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WEB 1stChronicles 9:24

On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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YLT 1stChronicles 9:24

At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) In four quarters were the porters.--"To the four winds used the warders to stand" (to be), viz., on the four sides of the tent of meeting, and from the age of Solomon on the four sides of the square enclosure of the Temple.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe gatekeepersהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים (haš·šō·‘ă·rîm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 7778: A gatekeeperwere stationedיִהְי֖וּ (yih·yū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, beon the fourלְאַרְבַּ֣ע (lə·’ar·ba‘)Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular constructStrong's 702: Foursides:רוּח֔וֹת (rū·ḥō·wṯ)Noun - common pluralStrong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spiriteast,מִזְרָ֥ח (miz·rāḥ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4217: Place of sunrise, the eastwest,יָ֖מָּה (yām·māh)Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basinnorth,צָפ֥וֹנָה (ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh)Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarterand south.וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃ (wā·neḡ·bāh)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 5045: South country, the Negeb, southJump to PreviousDoorkeepers Doors East Four Gatekeepers Keepers North Porters Quarters Sides South Towards West