Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And these were the children of Asher and heads of ancient houses and pure fellows and men of might and the head lords. And when they were numbered in array to battle, they were in number twenty six thousand men.

New American Standard Bible

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

King James Version

All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

Holman Bible

All these were Asher’s sons. They were the heads of their ancestral houses, chosen men, warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.

International Standard Version

All of these were men of Asher, leaders of ancestral households, choice valiant mighty warriors, and chiefs among princes. Their enrolled genealogies for battle conscription totaled 26,000 men.

A Conservative Version

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the rulers. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.

American Standard Version

All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

Amplified

All these were sons (descendants) of Asher, heads of their fathers’ houses, choice men, courageous men, chiefs of the leaders. Their number, enrolled by genealogies for service in war, was 26,000 men.

Bible in Basic English

All these were the children of Asher, heads of their families, specially strong men of war, chiefs of the rulers. They were recorded in the army for war, twenty-six thousand men in number.

Darby Translation

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, choice men, mighty of valour, chiefs of the princes. And their number according to their genealogy, registered as fit for service for war, was twenty-six thousand men.

Julia Smith Translation

All these the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' house, chosen, strong, mighty ones, heads of the princes. And their enrolling in the host in war, their number twenty and six thousand men.

King James 2000

All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers' house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were fit to go to war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All of these [were] the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen mighty warriors, heads of the princes. And their number enrolled by genealogy, in the army for the war, [was] twenty-six thousand men.

Modern King James verseion

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of their fathers' house, choice, mighty warriors, heads of the rulers. And their enrollment in the warfare in the battle, their number was twenty-six thousand men.

NET Bible

All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle.

New Heart English Bible

All these were the children of Asher, heads of ancestral houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.

The Emphasized Bible

All these, were sons of Asher, chiefs of the ancestral house, choice men, heroes of great valour, chiefs of the leaders, - and, when they registered themselves, in host, for war, the number of the men, was twenty-six thousand.

Webster

All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were fit for war and for battle was twenty and six thousand men.

World English Bible

All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.

Youngs Literal Translation

All these are sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen ones, mighty in valour, heads of the princes, with their genealogy, for the host, for battle, their number is twenty and six thousand men.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of Asher
אשׁר 
'Asher 
Usage: 43

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

and mighty men
גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

of valour
חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

of the princes
נשׂא נשׂיא 
Nasiy' 
Usage: 134

And the number
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

יחשׂ 
Yachas 
Usage: 21

of them that were apt to the war
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

and to battle
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

עשׂרים 
`esriym 
Usage: 315

and six
שׁשּׁה שׁשׁ 
Shesh 
Usage: 215

אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

References

Context Readings

The Descendants Of Asher

39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. 40 And these were the children of Asher and heads of ancient houses and pure fellows and men of might and the head lords. And when they were numbered in array to battle, they were in number twenty six thousand men.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:1-9

And the LORD was wroth again against Israel, and stirred up David against them, saying, "Go and number both Israel and Judah."

1 Chronicles 21:1-5

And Satan stood up against Israel, and persuaded David to number Israel.

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