1 Chronicles 13:4
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
1 Chronicles 13:4 in other translations
| BSB | And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it. |
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| WEB | All the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. |
| ASV | And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. |
| YLT | And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people. |
| DARBY | And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. |
| BBE | And all the people said they would do so, for it seemed right to them. |
| Webster | And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. |
What does 1 Chronicles 13:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 13:1-5
David said not, What magnificent thing shall I do now? or, What pleasant thing? but, What pious thing? that he might have the comfort and benefit of that sacred oracle. Let us bring the ark to us, that it may be a blessing to us. Those who honour God, profit themselves. It is the wisdom of those setting out in the world, to take God's ark with them. Those are likely to go on in the favour of God, who begin in the…
1 Chronicles 13:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 13:4
- 2 Samuel 3:36
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
- 2 Chronicles 30:4
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
- 1 Samuel 18:20
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
- Esther 8:5
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 13:3
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 13:4
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim.
1 Chronicles 13:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo todo el congreso que se hiciese así, porque la cosa parecía bien á todo el pueblo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et toute la congrégation dit qu’on fasse ainsi; car la chose était bonne aux yeux de tout le peuple. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die ganze Versammlung sprach, daß man also tun sollte; denn die Sache war recht in den Augen des ganzen Volkes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et respondit universa multitudo ut ita fieret: placuerat enim sermo omni populo. |