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David Fetches the Ark

1 Chronicles 13:4

In 11 translations

BSB
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
KJV
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
WEB
All the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
ASV
And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
LSV
And all the assembly says to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people.
YLT
And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people.
DBY
And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
DRC
And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people.
GNV
And all the Congregation answered, Let vs doe so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.
JPS
And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
LXXE
And all the congregation said that they would do thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָ֖ל לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֑ן כִּֽי־יָשַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ ποιῆσαι οὕτως, ὅτι εὐθὺς ὁ λόγος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 3:36All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
  • 1 Samuel 18:20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
  • Esther 8:5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming…
  • 2 Chronicles 30:4This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.

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