1 Chronicles 27:23–24
23 David did not take the number of the men twenty years old or less,h because the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the starsi in the sky. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. God’s wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering,j and the number was not entered in the booka of the annals of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — English Standard Version (ESV)
23 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. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but did not finish. Yet wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
23 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. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — New Living Translation (NLT)
23 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. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because the anger of God fell on Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David’s official records.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
23 But David did not take the number of those twenty years old and under, because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this census; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — New Century Version (NCV)
23 The Lord had promised to make the Israelites as many as the stars in the sky. So David only counted the men who were twenty years old and older. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the people, but he did not finish. God became angry with Israel for counting the people, so the number of the people was not put in the history book about King David’s rule.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — American Standard Version (ASV)
23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
23 And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he did not finish; and there fell wrath for it upon Israel; and the number was not put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
23 David didn’t count those under 20 years old, because the Lord had promised that the people of Israel would be as numerous as the stars in the sky. 24 Joab, son of Zeruiah, started to count them but didn’t finish. God was angry with Israel because of this, and the report from it was never included in the official records of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
23 David didn’t count the men aged 20 or under, for the Lord had said He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census, and the number was not entered in the Historical Record of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
23 David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven. 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but did not finish; yet wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered into the account of the Annals of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
23 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. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but he did not finish. But wrath came upon Israel concerning this, and the number was not included in the chronicles of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
23 David 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. 24 Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began to count the men. But he didn’t finish. The Lord was angry with Israel because David had begun to count the men. So the number wasn’t written down in the official records of King David.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
23 But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.
24 Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.