27for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.


In Context

24 At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

25 And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after every seven days from time to time with them.

26 For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

27 for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

28 And part of them had the charge of the instruments of service, for by number they brought them in and by number they brought them out.

29 Part of them also were appointed over the vessels, and over all the holy instruments, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

1 Chronicles 9:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:27They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:27And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:27And they lodged about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening of it every morning pertained to them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:27They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:27and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them is the watch, and they are over the opening, even morning by morning.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was on them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.