1 Chronicles 25:8 — Compare All Translations

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

And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.

English ASV

And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

English Amplified

[The musicians] cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and scholar alike.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[The musicians] cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and scholar alike.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.

English EASY 2024

They used lots to decide the right work for each musician. They chose work for everyone in the same way: the young men and the older men, the teachers and the students.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They threw lots to choose the different kinds of work each person was to do. Everyone was treated the same. Young and old were treated the same. And the teacher was treated the same as the student.

And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

To determine the assignment of duties they all drew lots, whether they were young or old, experts or beginners.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They drew lots for their assignment of duties, the youngest as well as the oldest, the skilled {musicians} along with the students.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They cast lots impartially for their duties, the young and old alike, the teacher along with the pupil.

English KJV 1611

And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

English LSB

They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and student alike.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

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

They cast lots for their functions equally, young and old, master and pupil alike.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They cast lots to determine their responsibilities — oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Young and old alike cast lots for their duties. That was true for students as well as teachers.

English NIV

Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.

English NKJ 1982

And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.

English NLT

The musicians were appointed to their particular term of service by means of sacred lots, without regard to whether they were young or old, teacher or student.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The singers were appointed to their particular term of service by coin-toss, without regard to age or reputation.

English Tyndale 1537

And they cast Lots indifferently how they should wait, as well the small as the great, the scholar as well as the schoolmaster.

1 Chronicles 25:8 — Compare Translations