Parallel Verses
NET Bible
David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.
New American Standard Bible
But David did not
King James Version
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
Holman Bible
David didn’t count the men aged 20 or under, for the Lord had said He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.
International Standard Version
David did not complete a census of those younger than 20 years of age, since the LORD had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.
A Conservative Version
But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of heaven.
American Standard Version
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.
Amplified
But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, for the Lord had said he would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.
Bible in Basic English
But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.
Darby Translation
And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.
Julia Smith Translation
And David lifted not up their number, from the son of twenty years and beneath: for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.
King James 2000
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the heavens.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And David did not {take a census of those twenty years old or under} because Yahweh promised to make Israel more numerous than the stars of heaven.
Modern King James verseion
But David did not take the number of those from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said He would increase Israel like the stars of the heavens.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But David took not the number of them under twenty years: for the LORD said he would increase Israel like unto the stars of the sky.
New Heart English Bible
But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
The Emphasized Bible
But David took not the number of them, from twenty years old, and under, - because Yahweh had said, he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.
Webster
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
World English Bible
But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
Youngs Literal Translation
And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.
Themes
Joab » Son of david's sister » Numbers the people
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » David, numbering israel and judah
Interlinear
Nasa'
Micpar
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Rabah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 27:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Leaders Of The Tribes And Other High Ranking Officials
22 Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan. These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes. 23 David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll called The Annals of King David.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars -- if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be."
Numbers 1:18
and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually,
1 Chronicles 21:2-5
David told Joab and the leaders of the army, "Go, count the number of warriors from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have."
Hebrews 11:12
So in fact children were fathered by one man -- and this one as good as dead -- like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.