1 Chronicles 27:23 Parallel Translations

David didn't count those under 20 years old, because the LORD had promised that the people of Israel would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

ASV:

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

BBE:

But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.

DBY:

And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.

ERV:

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

JPS:

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under; because the LORD had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

WBS:

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

WEB:

But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.

YLT:

And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.

1 Chronicles 27:23 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 15:5 And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."

Genesis 22:17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 26:4 "I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

1 Chronicles 21:2 So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, "Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their number." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

27:23 Because - And therefore to number them all both above and under twenty years old, had been both an infinite trouble and a tempting of God, or a questioning the truth of his promises.

MHC:

27:16-34 The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors.

CONC:

Age Below Count David Didn't Heaven Heavens Increase Less Multiply Numerous Promised Sky Stars Twenty

Age Below Count David Heaven Heavens Increase Israel Less Multiply Numerous Promised Sky Stars Twenty

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