2 Samuel 8:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

New Living Translation
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard. And David’s sons served as priestly leaders.

English Standard Version
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were priests.

Berean Study Bible
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

New American Standard Bible
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

NASB 1995
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

NASB 1977
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

Amplified Bible
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was [head] over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards]; and David’s sons were chief [confidential] advisers (officials) [to the king].

Christian Standard Bible
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief officials.

Contemporary English Version
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguard. David's sons were priests.

Good News Translation
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jehoiada's son Benaiah was commander of the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David's sons were priests.

International Standard Version
Jehoida's son Benaiah supervised the special forces and mercenaries, and David's sons were priests.

NET Bible
Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

New King James Version
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

King James 2000 Bible
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

New Heart English Bible
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

World English Bible
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

American King James Version
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

American Standard Version
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

A Faithful Version
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David's sons were chief rulers.

Darby Bible Translation
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

English Revised Version
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and Dauids sonnes were chiefe rulers.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoida and the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and Dauids sonnes, were chiefe rulers.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Benaia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer ye Chrethians & Plethians. And the sonnes of Dauid were prestes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is over] both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

Young's Literal Translation
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites: and the sons of David were priests.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and Pelethites. But the sons of David were priests.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Benaya, son of Yuyada, over Free Men and over the Laborers, and the sons of David were Princes

Lamsa Bible
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the nobles and the laborers, and David's sons were the princes.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and Banaeas son of Jodae was councillor, and the Chelethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court.
















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