1 Chronicles 21:7

Myles Coverdale Bible

But this displeased God righte sore: for he smote Israel.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This command was also evil in God’s sight, so he afflicted Israel.

Hebrew Names Version
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Yisra'el.

King James Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

English Standard Version
But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

New Century Version
David had done something God had said was wrong, so God punished Israel.

New English Translation
God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

Amplified Bible
Now God was displeased with this act [of arrogance and pride], and He struck Israel.

New American Standard Bible
Now God was displeased with this thing, so He struck Israel.

World English Bible
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
And this thing was displeasing in the sight of God, so He struck Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

Contemporary English Version
David's order to count the people made God angry, and he punished Israel.

Complete Jewish Bible
God was displeased with this and therefore punished Isra'el.

Darby Translation
And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel.

Easy-to-Read Version
David had done a bad thing in God's sight, so God punished Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD was displeased with this thing, because David had numbered Israel.

Good News Translation
God was displeased with what had been done, so he punished Israel.

Lexham English Bible
But this word was displeasing in the eyes of God, and he struck Israel.

Literal Translation
And it was evil in the eyes of God as to this thing, and He struck Israel.

American Standard Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

Bible in Basic English
And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde was displeased with this thing, and smote Israel.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He smote Israel.

King James Version (1611)
And God was displeased with this thing, therefore he smote Israel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there was evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he smote Israel.

English Revised Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe that that was comaundid displeside the Lord, and he smoot Israel.

Update Bible Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And God was displeased with this thing, therefore he smote Israel.

New King James Version
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.

New Living Translation
God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.

New Life Bible
God was not pleased that Israel was numbered so He punished Israel.

New Revised Standard
But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was displeasing in the eyes of God, concerning this thing, - therefore smote he Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.

Revised Standard Version
But God was displeased with this thing, and he smote Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
God was displeased with this thing, so He struck Israel.

Contextual Overview

⁷ But this displeased God righte sore: for he smote Israel. ⁸ And Dauid sayde vnto God: I haue synned greuously, that I haue done this. But now take awaye the trespace of thy seruaunt: for I haue done very vnwysely. ⁹ And the LORDE spake vnto Gad Dauids Seer, & sayde: ¹⁰ Go speake to Dauid, & saye: Thus saieth the LORDE: Thre thinges laye I before the, chose ye one of them, yt I maye do it vnto the. ¹¹ And wha Gad came to Dauid, he spake vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Chose ye ¹² ether thre yeare derth, or thre monethes to flye before thine aduersaries, & before the swerde of thine enemies, yt it maye ouertake the: or thre dayes ye swerde of the LORDE, & pestilece in the londe, yt the angell of the LORDE maye destroye in all ye coastes of Israel. Loke now what answere I shal geue vnto him yt sent me. ¹³ Dauid sayde vnto Gad: I am in greate trouble: yet wyl I rather fall in to ye hande of the LORDE, for his mercy is exceadynge greate, & I wil not fall in to the handes of men. ¹⁴ Then dyd the LORDE cause pestilence to come into Israel, so that there fell of Israel thre score & ten thousande me. ¹⁵ And God sent the angell to Ierusale for to destroye it. And euen in the destruccion the LORDE considered, and he repeted of the euell, and sayde vnto the angell ye destroyer: It is ynough, holde now thy hande. The angell of the LORDE stode besyde ye barne of Arnan ye Iebusite. ¹⁶ And Dauid lifte vp his eyes, and sawe the angell of ye LORDE stondinge betwene heaue and earth, and a naked swerde in his hande stretched out ouer Ierusalem. Then Dauid and ye Elders beynge clothed with sack cloth, fell vpo their faces.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And God was displeased with this thing: Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, 2 Samuel 11:27, 1 Kings 15:5

he smote: 1 Chronicles 21:14, Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:5, Joshua 7:13, Joshua 22:16-26, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 21:14, 2 Samuel 24:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:10 - displeased Genesis 48:17 - displeased him Exodus 4:14 - anger Numbers 22:34 - if it displease thee 1 Kings 11:9 - angry

Cross-References

Genesis 21:11
This worde displeased Abraham sore, because of his sonne.

Genesis 21:12
Neuertheles God sayde vnto him: let it not displease the because of the childe and the hand mayde: What so euer Sara hath sayde vnto the, folowe it, for in Isaac shall the sede be called vnto the.

Genesis 21:32
And so they made the bonde at Berseba.Then rose Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne, and departed agayne in to the londe of ye Philistynes.

Genesis 21:34
and was a straunger in ye londe of the Philistynes a longe season.

Numbers 23:23
For there is no Sorcerye in Iacob, & no Soyth sayer in Israel. Whan the tyme cometh, it shalbe saide vnto Iacob, & to Israel, what God doth.

Psalms 86:8
Amonge the goddes there is none like the o LORDE, there is not one that ca do as thou doest.

Psalms 86:10
For thou art greate, thou doest wonderous thinges, thou art God alone.

Isaiah 49:21
Then shalt thou thinke by thy self: Who hath begotte me these? seinge I am bare & aloe, a captyue & an outcast? And who hath norished the vp for me? I am desolate & alone, but fro whece come these?

Isaiah 66:8
Who euer herde or sawe soch thinges? doth the grounde beare in one daye? or are the people borne all at once, as Sion beareth his sonnes?

Ephesians 3:10
to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaue mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyssdome off God,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".