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1 Chronicles 21:7

And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Census;   Conscience;   Nation;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - God;   God's;   Judgments, God's;   Smitten of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But this displeased God righte sore: for he smote 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.
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 And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel. 8 And David said to God: I have sinned exceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly. 9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying: 10 Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the choice of three things: choose one which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee. 11 And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt: 12 Either three years famine: or three months to flee from thy enemies, and not to be able to escape their sword: or three days to have the sword of the Lord, and pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all the coasts of Israel: now therefore see what I shall answer him who sent me. 13 And David said to Gad: I am on every side in a great strait: but it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men. 14 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15 And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he was striking it, the Lord beheld, and took pity for the greatness of the evil: and said to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, now stop thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

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
Abraham took this grievously for his son.
Genesis 21:12
And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:32
And they made a league for the well of oath.
Genesis 21:34
And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.
Numbers 23:23
There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.
Psalms 86:8
(85-8) There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.
Psalms 86:10
(85-10) For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.
Isaiah 49:21
And thou shalt say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led away, and captive: and who hath brought up these? I was destitute and alone: and these, where were they?
Isaiah 66:8
Who hath ever heard such a thing? and who hath seen the like to this? shall the earth bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be brought forth at once, because Sion hath been in labour, and hath brought forth her children?
Ephesians 3:10
That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 21:1".


 
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