1 Chronicles 25:7 — Compare Translations

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And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

English Amplified

So the number of them [who led the remainder of the 4,000], with their kinsmen who were specially trained in songs for the Lord, all who were talented singers, was 288. [I Chron. 23:5.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So the number of them [who led the remainder of the 4,000], with their kinsmen who were specially trained in songs for the Lord, all who were talented singers, was 288. [I Chron. 23:5.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the Lord, they numbered 288.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the LORD.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

English EASY 2024

All those men had skills to make good music, as well as their relatives. There were 288 Levites who served the Lord as musicians.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

These men and their relatives from the tribe of Levi were trained to sing. There were 288 men who learned to sing praises to the Lord.

The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skillful, was 288.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

All these twenty-four men were experts; and their fellow Levites were trained musicians. There were 288 men in all.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They, along with their relatives, were trained, skilled musicians for the Lord. There were 288 of them.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the LORD, they numbered 288.

English KJV 1611

So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

English LSB

And their number who were trained in singing to Yahweh, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So the number of them, with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all of whom were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Their number who were trained in singing to the LORD, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.

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

Their number, together with that of their brethren who were trained in singing to the LORD, all of them skilled men, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the LORD, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

All of them were trained and skilled in playing music for the Lord. Their total number was 288. That included their relatives.

English NIV

Along with their relatives-all of them trained and skilled in music for the LORD -they numbered 288.

English NKJ 1982

So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

English NLT

They and their families were all trained in making music before the LORD, and each of them--288 in all--was an accomplished musician.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They and their kindred, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all of whom were skillful, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The number of them along with their brethren, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They and their families were all trained in singing praises to the Lord; each one—288 of them in all—was a master musician.

English Tyndale 1537

But the multitude of them were with their brethren that were cunning in the song of the LORD. And the number of all that taught, were two hundredth and fourscore and eight.