2 Samuel 6:21 — all translations

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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

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;

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 ;

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဒါဝိဒ်က``ငါ့အားသင့်ခမည်းတော်နှင့်သား မြေးတို့ကိုကျော်၍ ဣသရေလအမျိုးသား တို့၏ခေါင်းဆောင်အဖြစ်ခန့်အပ်ရွေးချယ် တော်မူသောထာဝရဘုရား၏ဂုဏ်တော်ကို ချီးကူးရန်ငါသည်ကခုန်နေခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်၏။ ထာဝရဘုရား၏ဂုဏ်တော်ကိုချီးကူး ရန်နောင်ကိုလည်းဆက်လက်ကခုန်လျက်၊-

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.

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;

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,

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.

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,

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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׃