2 Samuel 6:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

Bible in Basic English ☆

And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord.

Darby Translation ☆

And David said to Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel; and I played before Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, and commanded me to be ruler over the people of the Lord in Israel,

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then Dauid sayd vnto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me rather then thy father, and all his house, and commanded me to bee ruler ouer the people of the Lord, euen ouer Israel: and therefore will I play before the Lord,

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And David said unto Michal, Before the Lord, who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to ordain me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel:—yea, before the Lord will I yet farther play.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And David said unto Michal: 'Before the LORD, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel, before the LORD will I make merry.

King James Version ☆

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord who chose me before your father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord who chose me before your father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

Webster Bible ☆

And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

Revised Version ☆

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And David said to Michal, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord.

World English Bible ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

World English Bible Classic ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.

World English Bible Updated ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

World Messianic Bible ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And David saith unto Michal, ' — Before Jehovah, who fixed on me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me leader over the people of Jehovah, and over Israel, — yea, I played before Jehovah;

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And Dovid said unto Michal, It was before Hashem, which chose me rather than thy av, and rather than all his bais, to appoint me Nagid over Am Hashem, over Yisroel: therefore will I rejoice before Hashem.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِمِيكَالَ: «إِنَّمَا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَارَنِي دُونَ أَبِيكِ وَدُونَ كُلَّ بَيْتِهِ لِيُقِيمَنِي رَئِيسًا عَلَى شَعْبِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَعِبْتُ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဒါ​ဝိဒ်​က``ငါ့​အား​သင့်​ခ​မည်း​တော်​နှင့်​သား မြေး​တို့​ကို​ကျော်​၍ ဣ​သ​ရေ​လ​အ​မျိုး​သား တို့​၏​ခေါင်း​ဆောင်​အ​ဖြစ်​ခန့်​အပ်​ရွေး​ချယ် တော်​မူ​သော​ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​၏​ဂုဏ်​တော်​ကို ချီး​ကူး​ရန်​ငါ​သည်​က​ခုန်​နေ​ခဲ့​ခြင်း​ဖြစ်​၏။ ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​၏​ဂုဏ်​တော်​ကို​ချီး​ကူး ရန်​နောင်​ကို​လည်း​ဆက်​လက်​က​ခုန်​လျက်၊-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဒါဝိဒ် ကလည်း ၊ သင့် အဘ နှင့် သူ ၏ အဆွေအမျိုး အပေါင်း တို့၏ကိုယ်စား၊ ငါ့ ကိုရွေးကောက် ၍ ထာဝရဘုရား ၏လူ ၊ ဣသရေလ အမျိုးကို အုပ်စိုးသော မင်း အရာ၌ ခန့်ထား တော်မူသော ထာဝရဘုရား ရှေ့ တော်တွင် ပြုသည်မဟုတ်လော။ ထာဝရဘုရား ရှေ့ တော်တွင် ငါ ကခုန် မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

David mah Mikal khaeah, Nam pa hoi anih ih imthung takohnawk boih hmaa ah Angraeng mah ang qoih, anih mah ni kai hae Angraeng ih Israel kaminawk ukkung ah ohsak. To pongah Angraeng hmaa ah ka kawnh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

David loh Mikhal te BOEIPA mikhmuh ah, “Kai he tah na pa lakah khaw, a imkhui boeih lamkah long khaw amah long ni n'tuek. Kai he BOEIPA kah pilnam so neh, Israel soah rhaengsang la ng'uen dongah BOEIPA mikhmuh ah ka luem ni ta.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

David loh Mikhal te BOEIPA mikhmuh ah, “Kai he tah na pa lakah khaw, a imkhui boeih lamkah long khaw amah long ni n'tuek. Kai he BOEIPA kah pilnam so neh, Israel soah rhaengsang la ng'uen dongah BOEIPA mikhmuh ah ka luem ni ta.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

大卫对 米甲说：「这是在耶和华面前；耶和华已拣选我，废了你父和你父的全家，立我作耶和华民 以色列的君，所以我必在耶和华面前跳舞。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

大衛對 米甲說：「這是在耶和華面前；耶和華已揀選我，廢了你父和你父的全家，立我作耶和華民 以色列的君，所以我必在耶和華面前跳舞。

World Chinese Bible ☆

大卫对米甲说：“这是在耶和华面前；祂拣选了我，高过你父亲和他全家，立我作耶和华子民以色列的君王。因此，我要在耶和华面前欢庆。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ali David odgovori Mikali: “Pred Jahvom ja igram! Tako mi živoga Jahve, koji me izabrao mjesto tvog oca i mjesto svega njegova doma da me postavi za kneza nad Izraelom, narodom Jahvinim: pred Jahvom ću igrati!

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I řekl David k Míkol: Před Hospodinem, (kterýž mne vyvolil nad otce tvého a nad všecken dům jeho, přikázav mi, abych byl vývodou lidu Hospodinova, totiž Izraele), plésal jsem a plésati budu před Hospodinem.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

David svarede Mikal: “For HERRENS Åsyn vil jeg lege, så sandt HERREN lever, som udvalgte mig fremfor din Fader og hele hans Hus, så han satte mig til Fyrste over HERRENS Folk Israel; jeg vil lege for HERRENS Åsyn,

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Maar David zeide tot Michal: Voor het aangezicht des HEEREN, Die mij verkoren heeft voor uw vader en voor zijn ganse huis, mij instellende tot een voorganger over het volk des HEEREN, over Israel; ja, ik zal spelen voor het aangezicht des HEEREN.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar David zeide tot Mikal: Het was voor Jáhweh, dat ik danste! Zo waar Jahweh leeft, die mij uitverkoren heeft boven uw vader en boven heel zijn familie, en mij heeft aangesteld tot leider van Israël, het volk van Jahweh: voor Jahweh zal ik blijven dansen,

Esperanto Bible ☆

Sed David diris al Miĥal: Antaŭ la Eternulo, kiu preferis min antaŭ via patro kaj antaŭ lia tuta domo, ordonante al mi esti estro super la popolo de la Eternulo, super Izrael, antaŭ la Eternulo mi ludis.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et David dit à Mical : Ç’a été devant l’ Éternel, qui m’a choisi plutôt que ton père et que toute sa maison pour m’établir prince sur le peuple de l’ Éternel, sur Israël ; et j’ai dansé devant l’ Éternel ;

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mais David dit à Mical: C'est devant l'Éternel, qui m'a choisi plutôt que ton père et que toute sa maison, pour m'établir conducteur de son peuple d'Israël, c'est devant l'Éternel que je me suis réjoui.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

David répondit à Mical: C’est devant l’Éternel, qui m’a choisi de préférence à ton père et à toute sa maison pour m’établir chef sur le peuple de l’Éternel, sur Israël, c’est devant l’Éternel que j’ai dansé.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

David répondit à Mical : « C’est devant le SEIGNEUR, qui m’a choisi de préférence à ton père et à toute sa maison, pour m’établir comme prince sur le peuple du SEIGNEUR, sur Israël. C’est pourquoi je célébrerai devant le SEIGNEUR.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Da sprach David zu Michal: Vor Jehova, der mich vor deinem Vater und vor seinem ganzen Hause erwählt hat, um mich als Fürst zu bestellen über das Volk Jehovas, über Israel, ja, vor Jehova will ich spielen;

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

David aber sprach zu Michal: Ich will vor dem HERRN spielen, der mich erwählt hat vor deinem Vater und vor allem seinem Hause, daß er mir befohlen hat, ein Fürst zu sein über das Volk des HERRN, über Israel,

German Textbibel ☆

David erwiderte Michal: Vor Jahwe will ich tanzen, der mich vor deinem Vater und seinem ganzen Hause erwählt hat, um mich zum Fürsten über das Volk Jahwes, über Israel, zu bestellen, und vor Jahwe will ich spielen

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

David aber sprach zu Michal: Vor dem HERRN, der mich vor deinem Vater und vor seinem ganzen Hause erwählt und mir befohlen hat, Fürst über das Volk des HERRN, über Israel zu sein,

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Μελχόλ· ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ὀρχήσομαι· εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὃς ἐξελέξατό με ὑπὲρ τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντα τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταστῆσαί με εἰς ἡγούμενον ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ παίξομαι καὶ ὀρχήσομαι ἐνώπιον Κυρίου

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Μελχόλ, ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ὀρχήσομαι· εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὃς ἐξελέξατό με ὑπὲρ τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντα τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, του καταστῆσαί με εἰς ἡγούμενον ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ·

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

David reponn li: -Se vre. Mwen t'ap danse pou m' te fè lwanj Seyè a ki te pito m' pase papa ou ak tout fanmi ou. Li chwazi m', li mete m' chèf pèp Izrayèl la, pèp li a. M'ap toujou ka danse devan l' pou m' fè lwanj li.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I aku la o Davida ia Mikala, Imua ia o Ieliova, nana au i koho mai imua o kou makuakane, imua hoi o kana ohana a pau e hoonoho ia'u i alii maluna o ko Iehova poe kanaka, maluna o ka Iseraela: nolaila hoi e hula au imua o Iehova.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִד֮ אֶל־מִיכַל֒ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּֽחַר־בִּ֤י מֵֽאָבִיךְ֙ וּמִכָּל־בֵּיתֹ֔ו לְצַוֹּ֨ת אֹתִ֥י נָגִ֛יד עַל־עַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖י לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר דוד אל מיכל לפני יהוה אשר בחר בי מאביך ומכל ביתו לצות אתי נגיד על עם יהוה על ישראל ושחקתי לפני יהוה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E Davide disse a Mical: Sì, nel cospetto del Signore, il quale ha eletto me, anzi che tuo padre , e che alcuno di tutta la sua famiglia, per costituirmi conduttore sopra il suo popolo, sopra Israele; per ciò farò festa nel cospetto del Signore.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Davide rispose a Mical: “L’ho fatto dinanzi all’Eterno che m’ha scelto invece di tuo padre e di tutta la sua casa per stabilirmi principe d’Israele, del popolo dell’Eterno; sì, dinanzi all’Eterno ho fatto festa.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

ダビデはミカルに言った。「それは主の御前でのことだ。主はあなたの父よりも、またその全家よりもわたしを選び、主の民イスラエルの君主に任命してくださった。それゆえ、わたしは主の御前で喜び祝う。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

다윗이 미갈에게 이르되 `이는 여호와 앞에서 한 것이니라 저가 네 아비와 그 온 집을 버리시고 나를 택하사 나로 여호와의 백성 이스라엘의 주권자를 삼으셨으니 내가 여호와 앞에서 뛰놀리라

Kosraean Bible ☆

David el topuk, “Nga tacn in akfulatye LEUM GOD, su suleyula, ac tia papa tomom ku sou lal, tuh nga in mwet kol nu sin mwet lal, mwet Israel. Ac nga ac sifil pacna tacn in akfulatye LEUM GOD,

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Dixitque David ad Michol: Ante Dominum, qui elegit me potius quam patrem tuum et quam omnem domum ejus, et præcepit mihi ut essem dux super populum Domini in Israël

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و داود به میکال گفت: «به حضور خداوند بود که مرا بر پدرت و برتمامی خاندانش برتری داد تا مرا بر قوم خداوند، یعنی بر اسرائیل پیشوا سازد، از این جهت به حضور خداوند بازی کردم.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Davi disse a Mical: “Foi diante do SENHOR, que me escolheu em lugar de seu pai e de toda a sua casa, para me designar príncipe sobre o povo do SENHOR, sobre Israel. Portanto, eu celebrarei diante do SENHOR.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Então Davi respondeu a Mical: Diante do SENHOR, que me preferiu a teu pai e a toda sua casa, mandando-me que fosse príncipe sobre o povo do SENHOR, sobre Israel, dançarei diante do SENHOR.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și David a spus către Mical: Aceasta a fost înaintea DOMNULUI, care m-a ales pe mine înaintea tatălui tău și înaintea întregii lui case, pentru a mă pune conducător peste poporul DOMNULUI, peste Israel; de aceea voi juca înaintea DOMNULUI.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Давид а рэспунс Микалей: „Ынаинтя Домнулуй, каре м-а алес май пресус де татэл тэу ши де тоатэ каса луй, ка сэ мэ пунэ кэпетение песте попорул Домнулуй, песте Исраел, ынаинтя Домнулуй ам жукат.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал Давид Мелхоле: пред Господом плясать буду. И благословен Господь, Который предпочел меня отцу твоему и всему дому его, утвердив меня вождем народа Господня, Израиля; пред Господом играть и плясать буду;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

A David reče Mihali: Pred Gospodom, koji me je izabrao preko oca tvog i preko svega doma njegovog, te mi zapovedio da budem vođ narodu Gospodnjem, Izrailju, igrao sam, i igraću pred Gospodom.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

А Давид рече Михали: Пред Господом, који ме је изабрао преко оца твог и преко свега дома његовог, те ми заповедио да будем вођ народу Господњем, Израиљу, играо сам, и играћу пред Господом.

Mashi Bible ☆

Daudi anacishuza Mikala, erhi: «Nasâmiraga embere za Nyamubâho, okuli oku izîno lya Nyamubâho ozîne, owantonyagya kulusha sho, na kulusha enyumpa ya sho, kuhika anyîmika mwâmi w’Israheli lwo lubaga lwa Nyamubâho, nakayôrha nasâmira embere za Nyamubâho.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Entonces David respondió á Michâl: Delante de Jehová, que me eligió más bien que á tu padre y á toda su casa, mandándome que fuese príncipe sobre el pueblo de Jehová, sobre Israel, danzaré delante de Jehová.

Spanish BLL ☆

Pero David le respondió a Mical: Lo hice ante el Señor, quien me eligió en lugar de tu padre y de toda tu familia para nombrarme gobernante de su pueblo Israel. ¡Por eso celebraré ante el Señor!

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Entonces David respondió a Mical: Fue delante de Yahvé, quien me eligió preferido a tu padre y a toda tu casa, mandándome que fuese príncipe sobre el pueblo de Yahvé, sobre Israel. Por tanto, danzaré delante de Yahvé.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y David dijo a Mical: Estaba bailando delante del Señor, que me puso sobre tu padre y sobre todos sus hijos, para hacerme gobernante sobre la gente del Señor, sobre su pueblo Israel.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces David dijo a Mical: Lo hice delante de Yavé, Quien me escogió por encima de tu padre y de toda su casa para constituirme caudillo sobre Israel, el pueblo de Yavé. Por tanto, danzo delante de Yavé

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia Mikale, “ Naʻe fai ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻa ne fili au ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoʻo tamai mo e ʻao ʻo hono fale kotoa pē, ke ne fakanofo au ko e pule ki he kakai ʻo Sihova, ki ʻIsileli: ko ia te u fakafiefia ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І відказав Давид Мелхолї: Перед Господом, що волїв вибрати мене нїж отця твого й ввесь дом його, та поставив мене князем над народом Господнїм, над Ізраїлем, перед тим Господом я буду плясати й грати;

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І відказав Давид Мелхолї: Перед Господом, що волїв вибрати мене нїж отця твого й ввесь дом його, та поставив мене князем над народом Господнїм, над Ізраїлем, перед тим Господом я буду плясати й грати;

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Đa-vít đáp với Mi-canh rằng: Aáy tại trước mặt Đức Giê-hô-va, là Đấng đã chọn lấy ta làm hơn cha nàng và cả nhà người, lập ta làm vua chúa Y-sơ-ra-ên, là dân của Đức Giê-hô-va; phải, trước mặt Đức Giê-hô-va, ta có hát múa.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִד֮ אֶל־מִיכַל֒ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּֽחַר־בִּ֤י מֵֽאָבִיךְ֙ וּמִכָּל־בֵּית֔וֹ לְצַוֺּ֨ת אֹתִ֥י נָגִ֛יד עַל־עַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖י לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃