1 Chronicles 26:13
Modern Translations
New International Version
Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

New Living Translation
They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots.

English Standard Version
And they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.

Berean Study Bible
They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

New American Standard Bible
They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.

NASB 1995
They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers' households, for every gate.

NASB 1977
And they cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.

Amplified Bible
They cast lots, the small (younger) and great (older) alike, in accordance with their fathers’ households, for every gate.

Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for each gate according to their ancestral houses, young and old alike.

Contemporary English Version
Each group, no matter how large or small, was assigned a gate to guard, and they let the LORD show them what he wanted done.

Good News Translation
Each family, regardless of size, drew lots to see which gate it would be responsible for.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They drew lots by families, youngest and oldest alike, for every gate.

International Standard Version
assigned by lottery according to their ancestral households, whether large or small alike, for their gate assignments.

NET Bible
They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

New King James Version
And they cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house.

King James 2000 Bible
And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

New Heart English Bible
They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

World English Bible
They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

American King James Version
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

American Standard Version
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers houses, for every gate.

A Faithful Version
And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to the house of their fathers for every gate.

Darby Bible Translation
And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

English Revised Version
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And they cast lottes both small and great for the house of their fathers, for euery gate.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And they cast lottes betweene the great and small, after the housholde of their fathers, for euery gate.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And the lot was cast for the small as for ye greate thorow out the house of their fathers at euery dore.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and they cause lots to fall, the small as well as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

Young's Literal Translation
and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will cast lots, according to small according to great, for the house of their fathers, to gate and gate.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they cast lots, the young like the great, for the house of their fathers, for the gate and for the Gatekeeper.

Lamsa Bible
And they cast lots, the least as well as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.
















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