1 Chronicles 25:7 Parallel Translations
NASB: Their number who were trained in singing to the LORD, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: They, along with their relatives, were trained, skilled musicians for the LORD. There were 288 of them.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
ASV: And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
BBE: And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
DBY: And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
ERV: And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto the LORD, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
JPS: And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto the LORD, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
WBS: So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were skillful, was two hundred and eighty eight.
WEB: The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
YLT: And their number, with their brethren -- taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent -- is two hundred, eighty and eight.
1 Chronicles 25:7 Cross References
XREF:1 Chronicles 23:5 and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
WES: 25:7 Cunning - Who were so skilful that they were able to teach others; and together with their scholars, made up the four thousand mentioned chap.23:5.
MHC: 25:1-31 The singers and musicians. - David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, they will, however ordered, be a lifeless, worthless form.
CONC:288 Brethren Brothers Cunning Eight Eighty Eighty-eight Expert Fourscore Hundred Instructed Intelligent Making Melody Music Numbered Relatives Singing Skilful Skilled Skillful Song Songs Taught Trained
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NEXT:Cunning Eight Eighty Eighty-Eight Expert Fourscore Hundred Instructed Intelligent Making Melody Music Relatives Singing Skilful Skilled Skillful Song Songs Taught Trained
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