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the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Green's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 13:4

And all the congregation said to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Tact;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kirjath-Jearim, or Kirjath-Baal;   Uzzah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abinadab;   Ark of the Covenant;   David;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.
Hebrew Names Version
All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
King James Version
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
English Standard Version
All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
New Century Version
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought it was the right thing to do.
New English Translation
The whole assembly agreed to do this, for the proposal seemed right to all the people.
Amplified Bible
Then all the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
New American Standard Bible
Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for this was right in the eyes of all the people.
World English Bible
All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the Congregation answered, Let vs doe so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Berean Standard Bible
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.
Contemporary English Version
The people agreed this was the right thing to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
The whole assembly said they would do this, for in the view of all the people it seemed right.
Darby Translation
And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
So all the Israelites agreed with David. They all thought it was the right thing to do.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the assemblies said that they would do so.
Good News Translation
The people were pleased with the suggestion and agreed to it.
Lexham English Bible
And all the assembly agreed to do so, for the word was pleasing in the eyes of all the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde the whole cogregacion, that the same shulde be done, for it pleased all the people well.
American Standard Version
And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Bible in Basic English
And all the people said they would do so, for it seemed right to them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the congregation was content that he should do so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
King James Version (1611)
And all the Congregation saide, that they would doe so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the congregation said that they would do thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people.
English Revised Version
And all the assembly said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al the multitude answeride, that it schulde be don so; for the word pleside al the puple.
Update Bible Version
And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
New King James Version
Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
New Living Translation
The whole assembly agreed to this, for the people could see it was the right thing to do.
New Life Bible
Then all the people said that they would do so. For it was right in the eyes of all the people.
New Revised Standard
The whole assembly agreed to do so, for the thing pleased all the people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Than said all the convocation, that it should be done thus, - for right was the thing, in the eyes of all the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people.
Revised Standard Version
All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Young's Literal Translation
And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Contextual Overview

1 And David consulted the chiefs of the thousands and of the hundreds, to every leader. 2 And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it is good to you, and it has broken forth from Jehovah our God, we shall send to our brothers those remaining in all the lands of Israel, and withthem the priests and the Levites in the citiesof their open lands; and they shall be gathered to us. 3 And we shall bring around to us the ark of our God, for we did not seek Him in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5 And David gathered all Israel, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entering in of Hamath, to bring in the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 6 And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath-jearim of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of Jehovah God, who dwells among the cherubs, where the Name was called on. 7 And they made the ark of God to ride on a new cart from the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart. 8 And David and all Israel were playing before God with all their might, and with songs, and with lyres, and with harps, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the thing: 1 Samuel 18:20, 2 Samuel 3:36, 2 Chronicles 30:4, *marg. Esther 8:5

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
And a son was also born to Seth, and he called his name, Enos. Then it was begun to call on the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negeb, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot being with him.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the south, even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been there at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
Genesis 13:7
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men, brothers.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron; and he built an altar to Jehovah there.
Psalms 26:8
O Jehovah, I have loved the place of Your house, and the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalms 84:10
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand; I have chosen to stand at the threshold in the house of my God rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalms 107:1
Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the congregation said that they would do so,.... They unanimously agreed to the motion:

for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people; they saw the propriety, necessity, and usefulness of it.


 
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