1 Chronicles 25:8
New International Version
Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.

New Living Translation
The musicians were appointed to their term of service by means of sacred lots, without regard to whether they were young or old, teacher or student.

English Standard Version
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

Berean Standard Bible
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

King James Bible
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

New King James Version
And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.

New American Standard Bible
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

NASB 1995
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

NASB 1977
And they cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

Legacy Standard Bible
They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

Amplified Bible
The musicians cast lots for their duties, everyone alike, the small (younger) as well as the great (older), the teacher as well as the student.

Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

American Standard Version
And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The younger like the elder was considered, the pupil like the Teacher.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small of them, of the perfect ones and the learners.

Contemporary English Version
David assigned them their duties by asking the LORD what he wanted. Everyone was responsible for something, whether young or old, teacher or student.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.

English Revised Version
And they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They drew lots for their assignment of duties, the youngest as well as the oldest, the skilled [musicians] along with the students.

Good News Translation
To determine the assignment of duties they all drew lots, whether they were young or old, experts or beginners.

International Standard Version
Their duties, whether significant or insignificant, whether performed by teacher or pupil alike, were assigned by lottery.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they cast lots ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

Literal Standard Version
And they cause lots to fall, charge next to [charge], the small as well as the great, the intelligent with the learner.

Majority Standard Bible
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

New American Bible
They cast lots for their functions equally, young and old, master and pupil alike.

NET Bible
They cast lots to determine their responsibilities--oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.

New Revised Standard Version
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

New Heart English Bible
And they cast lots, watch with watch, the small as the great, the teacher as the pupil.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

World English Bible
They cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student.

Young's Literal Translation
And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against charge, as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians
7Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288. 8They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil. 9The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 25:9
The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers--12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers--12 in all;

1 Chronicles 26:13
They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.


Treasury of Scripture

And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chronicles 23:5
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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1 Chronicles 25
1. The number and offices of the singers
8. Their division by lot into twenty-four orders














(8) And they cast lots, ward against ward.--Rather, And they cast lots of charge, that is, for determining the order in which each of the twenty-four guilds, or classes, should take charge of the services. (Comp, the LXX., ??????? ?????????, "lots of courses;" and see Luke 1:6.) Some Hebrew MSS. and the Targum repeat the word "ward" (mishmereth, "charge"), whence the reading of the Authorised Version. The ancient versions omit the word altogether.

As well the small as the great.--Heb., exactly as the small (or, the younger), so the great (or, the elder). (Comp. the Vulg., "ex aequo tam major quam minor.") But perhaps leummath is here used absolutely: "They cast lots in like manner" (1Chronicles 24:31). The senior houses, or guilds, had no advantage over the juniors, the order of rotation being decided by lot. (Comp. 1Chronicles 24:31.)

The teacher as the scholar.--Literally, cunning (1Chronicles 25:7) with learner. According to 1Chronicles 23:5, the whole number of Levites appointed for the service of song was 4,000. These were all included in the twenty-four classes, 288 of them being "cunning" men, that is, masters in their art, and the remaining 3,712 forming the rank and file of the choirs under the training of the proficients. The Aramaic word talmid (scholar) occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament. It is the term used of the disciples of the Rabbis in the Talmud, and is the exact equivalent of the New Testament word, ???????. . . .

Verse 8. - This verse should be translated, And they cast lots of attendance, small and great equally, teacher with scholar. The Septuagint translates גורָלות מִשִׁמֶרֶת by the words κλήρους ἐφημεριῶν.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They cast
וַיַּפִּ֜ילוּ (way·yap·pî·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

lots
גּוֹרָל֣וֹת (gō·w·rā·lō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting)

for their duties,
מִשְׁמֶ֗רֶת (miš·me·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

young
כַּקָּטֹ֣ן (kaq·qā·ṭōn)
Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant

and old alike,
כַּגָּד֔וֹל (kag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

teacher
מֵבִ֖ין (mê·ḇîn)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

as
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

well as pupil.
תַּלְמִֽיד׃ (tal·mîḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8527: A scholar


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OT History: 1 Chronicles 25:8 They cast lots for their offices all (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)
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