1 Chronicles 15:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Chronicles 15:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Chronicles 15:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — World English Bible
1 Chronicles 15:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. ”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — American Standard Version
1 Chronicles 15:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Chronicles 15:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy. ”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — Darby Translation
1 Chronicles 15:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Dauid spake to the chiefe of the Leuites, that they should appoint certaine of their brethren to sing with instruments of musike, with violes and harpes, and cymbales, that they might make a sounde, and lift vp their voyce with ioye.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Chronicles 15:16 in Context — 1 Chronicles 15
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
What Does 1 Chronicles 15:16 Mean?
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