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2 Kings 11:5
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KJ21
And he commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that ye shall do: A third part of you that enter in on the Sabbath shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house,
ASV
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
AMP
He commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: a third of you who come in [reporting for duty] on the Sabbath shall keep watch over the king’s house
AMPC
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing you shall do: a third of you who come in on the Sabbath shall keep watch of the king’s house,
BRG
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
CSB
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath are to provide protection for the king’s palace.
CSBA
and commanded them, ‘This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath are to provide protection for the king’s palace.
CEB
He commanded them, “This is what you must do: A third of you coming on sabbath duty will guard the palace,
CJB
and gave them this instruction: “Here is what you are to do: of you who come on duty on Shabbat, a third [normally] guards the royal palace,
CEV
and said to them: Here's what I want you to do. Three of your guard units will be on duty on the Sabbath. I want one unit to guard the palace.
DARBY
And he commanded them saying, This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
DRA
And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do:
ERV
Then Jehoiada gave them a command. He said, “This is what you must do. One-third of you, from those who go on duty on the Sabbath day, must stand guard at the royal palace.
EASY
Jehoiada said to the officers, ‘This is what you must do: The men who come to work on the Sabbath day must make three groups. One group will keep the palace safe.
EHV
He commanded them, “This is how you will deploy: A third of you who are coming on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the palace of the king.
ESV
And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king's house
ESVUK
And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king's house
EXB
He commanded them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who go on duty on the Sabbath will guard the king’s ·palace [L house].
GNV
And he commanded them, saying, This is it that ye must do, The third part of you, that cometh on the Sabbath, shall ward toward the King’s house:
GW
He ordered them, “This is what you must do: One third of you, those who are on duty on the day of rest—a holy day, must guard the royal palace.
GNT
and gave them the following orders: “When you come on duty on the Sabbath, one third of you are to guard the palace;
HCSB
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: a third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath are to provide protection for the king’s palace.
ICB
He commanded them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who come in on the Sabbath will guard the king’s palace.
ISV
He ordered them: “Here’s what we’ll do: A third of you will enter here on this coming Sabbath dressed as guardians of the watch for the king’s palace,
JUB
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; a third part of you that shall enter in on the sabbath shall be the keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
KJV
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
AKJV
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
LSB
And he commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: one-third of you, who come in on the sabbath and keep watch over the king’s house
LEB
He commanded them, saying, “This is the thing which you must do: one third of you who go off duty on the Sabbath, the keepers of the guard in the house of the king,
TLB
Then he gave them their instructions: “A third of those who are on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the palace.
MSG
Then he commanded them, “These are your instructions: Those of you who come on duty on the Sabbath and guard the palace, and those of you who go off duty on the Sabbath and guard The Temple of God, are to join forces at the time of the changing of the guard and form a ring around the young king, weapons at the ready. Kill anyone who tries to break through your ranks. Your job is to stay with the king at all times and places, coming and going.”
MEV
He commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: One-third of your unit, those who come on duty on the Sabbath, will guard the king’s house.
NOG
He ordered them, “This is what you must do: One third of you, those who are on duty on the day of worship, must guard the royal palace.
NABRE
He gave them these orders: “This is what you must do: one third of you who come on duty on the sabbath shall guard the king’s house;
NASB
And he commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep watch over the king’s house
NASB1995
He commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, who come in on the sabbath and keep watch over the king’s house
NCB
He commanded them, “This is what you are to do: for the one-third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath: a third of you are to guard the king’s palace;
NCV
He commanded them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who go on duty on the Sabbath will guard the king’s palace.
NET
He ordered them, “This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.
NIRV
He gave them a command. He said, “Here’s what you must do. There are five groups of you. Some of you are in the three groups that are going on duty on the Sabbath day. A third of you must guard the royal palace.
NIV
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you are to do: You who are in the three companies that are going on duty on the Sabbath—a third of you guarding the royal palace,
NIVUK
He commanded them, saying, ‘This is what you are to do: you who are in the three companies that are going on duty on the Sabbath – a third of you guarding the royal palace,
NKJV
Then he commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall do: One-third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall be keeping watch over the king’s house,
NLV
He told them, “This is what you must do. One third of you who come in on the Day of Rest must keep watch over the king’s house.
NLT
Jehoiada told them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who are on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the royal palace itself.
NRSVA
He commanded them, ‘This is what you are to do: one-third of you, those who go off duty on the sabbath and guard the king’s house
NRSVACE
He commanded them, ‘This is what you are to do: one-third of you, those who go off duty on the sabbath and guard the king’s house
NRSVCE
He commanded them, “This is what you are to do: one-third of you, those who go off duty on the sabbath and guard the king’s house
NRSVUE
He commanded them, “This is what you are to do: one-third of you, those who go off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king’s house
OJB
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; a third part of you that come on duty on Shabbos shall even be Shomrei Mishmeret Bais HaMelech (Guards on duty at the Royal Palace);
RGT
And he commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: One third of you, who comes on the Sabbath, shall keep watch over the king’s house,
RSV
And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the sabbath and guard the king’s house
RSVCE
And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the sabbath and guard the king’s house
TLV
Then he commanded them saying, “This is what you will do: one-third of you—those going on duty on Shabbat—keeps watch over the palace.
VOICE
Jehoiada: This is what we will do: I am commanding it. On the Sabbath when you are on duty, I want a third of you men to guard the palace,
WEB
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
WYC
And he commanded to them, and said, This is the word, that ye ought to do; the third part of you enter in (on) the sabbath day, and keep ye the watches of the king’s house; (And he commanded to them, and said, This is the thing, that ye ought to do; a third part of you be on duty on the sabbath day, and keep ye watch over, or guard, the palace;)
YLT
and commandeth them, saying, `This [is] the thing that ye do; The third of you [are] going in on the sabbath, and keepers of the charge of the house of the king,
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