1 Kings 9:21
1 Kings 9:21 — The New International Version (NIV)
21 Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.
1 Kings 9:21 — English Standard Version (ESV)
21 their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction—these Solomon drafted to be slaves, and so they are to this day.
1 Kings 9:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)
21 These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not completely destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve in the labor force to this day.
1 Kings 9:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
21 that is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely—from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.
1 Kings 9:21 — New Century Version (NCV)
21 They were descendants of people that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves, as is still true today.
1 Kings 9:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)
21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.
1 Kings 9:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, upon them did Solomon impose a tribute of bondservice until this day.
1 Kings 9:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
21 but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still ⸤slaves⸥ today.)
1 Kings 9:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
21 their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to completely destroy —Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is this way until today.
1 Kings 9:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
21 their descendants who were still left in the land, whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely—these Solomon conscripted for slave labor, and so they are to this day.
1 Kings 9:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
21 their children who remained after them in the land, whom the Israelites were not able to completely destroy, Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, until this very day.
1 Kings 9:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
21 They were children of the people who had lived in the land before the Israelites came. Those people had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. But the Israelites hadn’t been able to kill all of them. Solomon had forced them to work very hard as his slaves. And they still work for Israel to this very day.
1 Kings 9:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
21 their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day.