Verse Comparison: 1 Chronicles 15:13
American Standard Version
For because ye `bare it' not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.
Amplified® Bible
For because you bore it not [as God directed] at the first, the Lord our God broke forth upon us--because we did not seek Him in the way He ordained.
Contemporary English Version
The first time we tried to bring the chest to Jerusalem, we didn't ask the LORD what he wanted us to do. He was angry at us, because you Levites weren't there to carry the chest."
Darby English Version
For because ye did [it] not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
Good News Bible
Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the LORD our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done."
King James Version
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
New American Standard Bible
"Because you did not {carry it} at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."
New International Version
It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way."
New King James Version
For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."
Revised Standard Version
Because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke forth upon us, because we did not care for it in the way that is ordained."
Young's Literal Translation
because at the first `it was' not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'
