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Bible in Basic English

Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.

New American Standard Bible

and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

King James Version

Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

Holman Bible

4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”

International Standard Version

with 4,000 gatekeepers, and with 4,000 offering praises to the LORD with the musical instruments that I have had crafted."

A Conservative Version

and four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised LORD with the instruments which I made, [David said], to praise therewith.

American Standard Version

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made,'said David , to praise therewith.

Amplified

and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

Darby Translation

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

Julia Smith Translation

And four thousand gate keepers, and four thousand praising to Jehovah with instruments which I made to praise.

King James 2000

Moreover four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, for praise.

Lexham Expanded Bible

four thousand gatekeepers, [and] four thousand offering praise with the instruments that I have made for praise."

Modern King James verseion

And four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which David made for praising.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with such instruments as David had made to praise withal.

NET Bible

4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship."

New Heart English Bible

four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."

The Emphasized Bible

and four thousand, were doorkeepers, - and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which said David I made for offering praise.

Webster

Moreover, four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.

World English Bible

four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."

Youngs Literal Translation

and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318

אלף 
'eleph 
אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504
Usage: 504

שׁער שׁוער 
Show`er 
Usage: 37

and four
ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318

the Lord

Usage: 0

with the instruments
כּלי 
K@liy 
Usage: 325

References

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

David Organizes The Levites

4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority 5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise. 6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.


Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:25-26

Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

Amos 6:5

Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

1 Kings 10:12

And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

1 Chronicles 6:31-48

And these are those whom David made responsible for the music in the house of the Lord, after the ark had rest.

1 Chronicles 9:17-27

And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.

1 Chronicles 9:33

And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

1 Chronicles 15:16-24

And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

1 Chronicles 16:38

And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:

1 Chronicles 16:41-42

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever;

1 Chronicles 25:1-7

Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

1 Chronicles 26:1-12

For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph.

2 Chronicles 8:14

And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.

2 Chronicles 20:19-21

And the Levites, the children of the Kohathites and the Korahites, got to their feet and gave praise to the Lord, the God of Israel, with a loud voice.

2 Chronicles 35:15

And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them.

Ezra 7:7

And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Nehemiah 7:73

So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

Psalm 87:7

The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

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