2 Chronicles 2:17 — Compare Translations

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

And Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred;

English ASV

And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

English Amplified

Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census of them which his father David had taken. They were found to be 153,600.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census of them which his father David had taken. They were found to be 153,600.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Solomon took a census of all the resident alien men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted, and the total was 153,600.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

English EASY 2024

Solomon counted all the foreign men who were living in Israel, as his father David had done. There were 153,600 foreign men.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So Solomon counted all the foreigners living in Israel. (This was after the time when his father David counted the people.) They found 153,600 strangers in the country.

Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

King Solomon took a census of all the foreigners living in the land of Israel, similar to the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 resident foreigners.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Solomon counted all the men who were foreigners in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them. Solomon counted 153,600 foreigners.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Solomon took a census of all the foreign men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted, and the total was 153,600.

English KJV 1611

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

English LSB

Then Solomon numbered all the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then Solomon numbered all the male foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census that David his father had taken. And there were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.

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

Of these he made seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to keep the people working.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Solomon counted all of the outsiders who were living in Israel. He did it after his father David had counted them. There were 153,600 of them.

English NIV

Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.

English NKJ 1982

Then Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which David his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

English NLT

Solomon took a census of all foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father had taken, and he counted 153,600.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were residing in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had taken; and there were found to be one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them which David his father had taken; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Solomon then took a census of all the foreigners living in Israel, using the same census-taking method employed by his father. They numbered 153,600.

English Tyndale 1537

And Salomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the time his father David had numbered them. And they were found an hundredth and eighty thousand and six hundredth.