8And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.


In Context

5 All these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn: and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

6 All these under their father's hand were distributed to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries and harps, for the service of the house of the Lord near the king: to wit, Asaph, and Idithun, and Heman.

7 And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred and eighty-eight,

8 And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.

9 And the first lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his brethren twelve.

10 The third to Zachur, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

1 Chronicles 25:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And they cast lots, ward against [ward,] as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8And they cause to fall lots — charge over-against charge, as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.