1 Chronicles 21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.In other versions
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
ASV
Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.
BBE
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
DBY
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
WEB
And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,
YLT
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ENG
And Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel.
WBT
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
BSB
In context
1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
Cross-references
People in this verse
- David