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Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 13:4

And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is 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.
Literal Translation
And all the congregation said to do so, for the thing was right 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.
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 consulteth with the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, every leader, 2 and David saith to all the assembly of Israel, `If unto you it be good, and from Jehovah our God it hath broken forth -- we send unto our brethren, those left in all the lands of Israel, and with them the priests and the Levites, in the cities of their suburbs, and they are gathered unto us, 3 and we bring round the ark of our God unto us, for we sought Him not in the days of Saul.' 4 And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people. 5 And David assembleth all Israel from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering in of Hamath, to bring in the ark of God from Kirjath-Jearim, 6 and David goeth up, and all Israel, to Baalah, unto Kirjath-Jearim that [is] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God Jehovah, inhabiting the cherubs, where the Name is called on. 7 And they place the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio are leading the cart, 8 and David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, 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 to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 13:1
And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;
Genesis 13:2
and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai --
Genesis 13:7
and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
Genesis 13:8
And Abram saith unto Lot, `Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men -- brethren.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.
Psalms 26:8
Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.
Psalms 84:10
For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
Psalms 107:1
`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness:'

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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