Susanna 1_1:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Joakim was very rich, and had a spacious garden adjoining his house; and the Jews used to come to him because he was the most honored of them all. More versionsGood News Translation (US Version) 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. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Joakim was very rich and had a large walled garden next to his house. He was the most highly honored Jewish man in Babylon, and all the other Jews would come and talk with him. King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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 honorable than all the others. |