1 Chronicles 13:8 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

English ASV

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

English Amplified

And David and all Israel merrily celebrated before God with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And David and all Israel merrily celebrated before God with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

David and all Israel were dancing with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

English EASY 2024

David and all the Israelites were singing and dancing with all their strength to praise God. They made music with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God. They were praising God and singing songs. They were playing harps, lyres, drums, cymbals, and trumpets.

And David and all Israel were rejoicing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

while David and all the people danced with all their might to honor God. They sang and played musical instruments—harps, drums, cymbals, and trumpets.

English God's Word - GW 1995

David and all Israel were celebrating in God's presence with all their might, with songs, with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English KJV 1611

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

English LSB

Now David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their strength, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and with trumpets.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with song and lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

while David and all Israel danced before God with great enthusiasm, amid songs and music on lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

David was celebrating with all his might in the sight of God. So was the whole community of Israel. All of them were singing songs. They were also playing harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.

English NIV

David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.

English NKJ 1982

Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

English NLT

David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing and playing all kinds of musical instruments--lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

David and all Israel were dancing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And David and all Israel were making merry before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then David and all the people danced before the Lord with great enthusiasm, accompanied by singing and by zithers, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

English Tyndale 1537

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, with singing, harps, psalteries, timbrels and trumpets.