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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 7:5

In fact, according to family records, the tribe of Issachar had a total of 87,000 warriors.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Issachar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Issachar, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Issachar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Zadok;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Issachar;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Issachar ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Issachar;   Pedigree;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Issachar, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.
Hebrew Names Version
Their brothers among all the families of Yissakhar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
King James Version
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
English Standard Version
Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
New Century Version
The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were eighty-seven thousand fighting men.
New English Translation
Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.
Amplified Bible
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all.
New American Standard Bible
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were valiant warriors, registered by genealogy, eighty-seven thousand in all.
World English Bible
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of warre, rekoned in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand.
Legacy Standard Bible
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, recorded by genealogy, in all 87,000.
Berean Standard Bible
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty warriors totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
Complete Jewish Bible
Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.
Darby Translation
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar valiant men of might, registered by genealogy, in all eighty-seven thousand.
Easy-to-Read Version
The family history shows there were 87,000 strong soldiers in all the tribes of Issachar.
George Lamsa Translation
And their brethren, all the families of Issachar, were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogy, eighty-seven thousand.
Good News Translation
The official records of all the families of the tribe of Issachar listed 87,000 men eligible for military duty.
Lexham English Bible
Now their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled according to their genealogy.
Literal Translation
And their brothers among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of war, being in all, by their genealogies, eighty seven thousand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the mightie men of their brethren in all the kynreds of Isachar, were seue and foure score thousande, and were all nombred.
American Standard Version
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
Bible in Basic English
And there were recorded among all the families of Issachar, great men of war, eighty-seven thousand.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren among all the kinredes of Isachar were valiaunt men of warre, reckened in all by their genealogies fourescore and seuen thousande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, were men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies, fourescore and seuen thousand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, also mighty men, were eighty-seven thousand—this was the number of them all.
English Revised Version
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And her britheren by alle the kynredis of Isachar `moost stronge to fiyte weren noumbrid foure scoore and seuene thousynde.
Update Bible Version
And their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were 87,000.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar [were] valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies eighty and seven thousand.
New King James Version
Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.
New Living Translation
The total number of mighty warriors from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000. All of them were listed in their genealogical records.
New Life Bible
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar were powerful soldiers. There were 87,000 of them, whose names were written down by their families.
New Revised Standard
Their kindred belonging to all the families of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, their brethren, of all the families of Issachar, heroes of great valour, were eighty-seven thousand, when they had, all, registered themselves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their brethren also throughout all the house of Issachar, were numbered fourscore and seven thousand most valiant men for war.
Revised Standard Version
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Is'sachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
Young's Literal Translation
and their brethren of all the families of Issachar [are] mighty of valour, eighty and seven thousand, all have their genealogy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000.

Contextual Overview

1 Issachar was the father of four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. 2 Tola was the father of Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, who were all brave soldiers and family leaders in their clan. There were 22,600 people in Tola's family by the time David became king. 3 Uzzi was the father of Izrahiah and the grandfather of Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, who were also family leaders. 4 Their families were so large that they had 36,000 soldiers in their clans. 5 In fact, according to family records, the tribe of Issachar had a total of 87,000 warriors. 6 Benjamin was the father of three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. 7 Bela was the father of Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were all brave soldiers and family leaders in their father's clan. The number of soldiers in their clan was 22,034. 8 Becher was the father of Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. 9 The official family records listed 20,200 soldiers in the families of this clan, as well as their family leaders. 10 Jediael was the father of Bilhan and the grandfather of Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 7:2 - whose number

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything the Lord told him to do.
Exodus 39:32
So the people of Israel finished making everything the Lord had told Moses to make.
Exodus 40:16
Moses followed the Lord 's instructions.
Psalms 119:6
Thinking about your commands will keep me from doing some foolish thing.
Matthew 3:15
Jesus answered, "For now this is how it should be, because we must do all that God wants us to do." Then John agreed.
Luke 8:21
Jesus answered, "My mother and my brothers are those people who hear and obey God's message."
John 2:5
Mary then said to the servants, "Do whatever Jesus tells you to do."
John 13:17
You know these things, and God will bless you, if you do them.
Philippians 2:8
Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Jesus is God's own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar,.... As those of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, 1 Chronicles 7:1

were men of might; valiant and courageous:

reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand; that is, including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before given.


 
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