1 Chronicles 15:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Chronicles 15:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Chronicles 15:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — World English Bible
1 Chronicles 15:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — American Standard Version
1 Chronicles 15:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Chronicles 15:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — Darby Translation
1 Chronicles 15:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Dauid spake to the chiefe of the Leuites, that they should appoint certaine of their brethren to sing with instruments of musike, with violes and harpes, and cymbales, that they might make a sounde, and lift vp their voyce with ioye.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Chronicles 15:16 in Context — 1 Chronicles 15
14 Así los sacerdotes y los Levitas se santificaron para traer el arca de Jehová Dios de Israel.
15 Y los hijos de los Levitas trajeron el arca de Dios puesta sobre sus hombros en las barras, como lo había mandado Moisés conforme á la palabra de Jehová.
16 Asimismo dijo David á los principales de los Levitas, que constituyesen de sus hermanos cantores, con instrumentos de música, con salterios, y arpas, y címbalos, que resonasen, y alzasen la voz con alegría.
17 Y los Levitas constituyeron á Hemán hijo de Joel; y de sus hermanos, á Asaph hijo de Berechîas; y de los hijos de Merari y de sus hermanos, á Ethán hijo de Cusaías;
18 Y con ellos á sus hermanos del segundo orden, á Zachârías, Ben y Jaaziel, Semiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaías, Maasías, y Mathithías, Eliphelehu, Micnías, Obed-edom, y Jehiel, los porteros.
What Does 1 Chronicles 15:16 Mean?
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