Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And all the congregation was content so to do, for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.

New American Standard Bible

Then 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.

Holman Bible

Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.

International Standard Version

The entire community consented, because doing so pleased all the people.

A Conservative Version

And all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

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.

Amplified

Then all the assembly agreed to 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.

Darby Translation

And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Julia Smith Translation

And all the convocation will say to do thus: for the word was straight in the eyes of all the people.

King James 2000

And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And all the assembly agreed to do so, for the word was pleasing in the eyes of all the people.

Modern King James verseion

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

NET Bible

The whole assembly agreed to do this, for the proposal seemed right to all the people.

New Heart English Bible

All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

The 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.

Webster

And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קהל 
Qahal 
Usage: 123

for the thing
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

in the eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Ark Of The Covenant Brought From Kiriath-Jearim

3 And let us bring again the Ark of the Lord to us: for we regarded it not in the days of Saul." 4 And all the congregation was content so to do, for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people. 5 And David gathered all Israel together from Shihor in Egypt unto Hamath, to bring the Ark of the Lord from Kiriathjearim.

Cross References

1 Samuel 18:20

Nevertheless, Michal Saul's daughter loved David. And when it was showed Saul, the thing pleased him well.

2 Samuel 3:36

And the people wist it, and it pleased them, as well as all other good things which the king did in the sight of the people.

2 Chronicles 30:4

And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

Esther 8:5

and said, "If it please the king, and if I have found grace in his sight, and if it be convenient for the king, and if it be accepted in his sight, then let it be written, that the letters of the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, may be called again: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Jews in all the king's lands.

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