1 Chronicles 23:27 — Compare All Translations

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

for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

English ASV

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

English Amplified

For by the last words and acts of David, these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and above.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For by the last words and acts of David, these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and above.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

for according to the last words of David, the Levites twenty years old or more were to be counted —

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For by the last words of David was this [done], the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.

English EASY 2024

So David counted the Levites who were 20 years old or older and could work in the temple. Those were David's last words before he died.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

David's last instructions for the Israelites were to count the descendants from the tribe of Levi. They counted the Levite men who were 20 years old and older.

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

On the basis of David's final instructions all Levites were registered for service when they reached the age of twenty,

English God's Word - GW 1995

David's last instructions were to count the Levites who were at least 20 years old.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

for according to the last words of David, the Levites 20 years old or more were to be counted--

English KJV 1611

For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

English LSB

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For by the last words of David, the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and up;

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

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

for David's final orders were to enlist the Levites from the time they were twenty years old.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Levites who were 20 years old or more were counted. That was in keeping with David's final directions.

English NIV

According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

English NKJ 1982

For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;

English NLT

It was according to David's final instructions that all the Levites twenty years old or older were registered for service.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for according to the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward--

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

for by the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward—

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

(This census of the tribe of Levi was one of the last things David did before his death.)

English Tyndale 1537

But at the last commandment of David, the Levites were numbered from twenty year and above,

1 Chronicles 23:27 — Compare Translations