5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.


In Context

2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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

6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David,] to praise [therewith. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made,'said David , to praise therewith.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5Moreover, four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.