²³David didn’t count the men who were 20 years old or less. That’s because the Lord had promised to make the people of Israel as many as the stars in the sky.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

David did not take the number of the men twenty years old or less, because the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

NLTNew Living Translation

When David took his census, he did not count those who were younger than twenty years of age, because the Lord had promised to make the Israelites as numerous as the stars in heaven.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And David did not take a census of those twenty years old or under because Yahweh promised to make Israel more numerous than the stars of heaven.

KJV 1900King James Version

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

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