1 Chronicles 21:17 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Chronicles 21:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
דָּוִ֣יד
Dâvid
H1732
David
אֶֽל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָאֱלֹהִ֡ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
הֲלֹא֩
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֲנִ֨י
ʼănîy
H589
I
אָמַ֜רְתִּי
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לִמְנ֣וֹת
mânâh
H4487
to count
בָּעָ֗ם
ʻam
H5971
people
וַאֲנִי
ʼănîy
H589
I
ה֤וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
חָטָ֨אתִי֙
châṭâʼ
H2398
to sin
וְהָרֵ֣עַ
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
הֲרֵע֔וֹתִי
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
וְאֵ֥לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
הַצֹּ֖אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
מֶ֣ה
mâh
H4100
what
עָשׂ֑וּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהַ֗י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
תְּהִ֨י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
נָ֤א
nâʼ
H4994
please
יָֽדְךָ֙
yâd
H3027
hand
בִּ֚י
וּבְבֵ֣ית
bayith
H1004
house
אָבִ֔י
ʼâb
H1
father
וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖
ʻam
H5971
people
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
לְמַגֵּפָֽה
maggêphâh
H4046
plague
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World English Bible Public Domain
David said to God, Isn't it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.
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King James Version Public Domain
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And David said to God, “ not I, I said to muster the people? And I he who sinned, and doing wrong, I have done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Yahweh my God, please let your hand be against me and against the house of my father, but a plague not on your people.”
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