Susanna 1:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Joakim was very rich and had a fine garden adjoining his house; the Jews used to come to him because he was the most honored of them all.

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Common English Bible

Joakim was very rich, and he had a large private garden next to his home. The Jews came to him because he was the most honored among them.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

Her husband Joakim was very wealthy. Lovely gardens surrounded his house, and the other Jews often gathered there for meetings, because they all thought so highly of him.

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Now Joakim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining unto his house: and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honourable than all others.

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