In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

In four quarters were the porters, towards the east, west, north and south.

At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.

There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.

At the four directions, there were gatekeepers, that is, at the east, and at the west, and at the north, and at the south.

In four quarters were the porters,.... For, according to the Targum on 1-Chronicles 9:22 there were twenty four wards:
towards the east, west, north, and south; and, as the same paraphrase has it, six wards to the east, six to the west, six to the north, and six to the south.