Verse List for DEU 18:5

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OET (OET-RV) because your god Yahweh chose them out of all your tribes for them and their descendants permanently to serve him.

OET-LV If/because in_him/it YHWH he _has _chosen god _of_your from_all tribes _of_your to_stand to_serve in/on_name _of YHWH he and_descendants _of_his all _of the_days.

ULT For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to serve in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons, all of the days.

UST You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes. He did this so that they would always be the priests who would serve him.

BSB & MSB For the LORD your God has chosen [Levi] and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in [His] name for all time.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE & WMBB For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the LORD’s name, him and his sons forever.

NET For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

LSV for your God YHWH has fixed on him, out of all your tribes, to stand to serve in the Name of YHWH—him and his sons continually.

FBV For the Lord your God has chosen Levi and his descendants from all your tribes to stand before him and serve in his name forever.

T4T You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes, in order that men from that tribe would always be the priests who would serve him.

LEB For Yahweh your God has chosen him from among all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, he and his sons _⌊forever_⌋.[fn]

BBE For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

ASV For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.

DRA For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

YLT for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.

Drby for Jehovah thy [fn]God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.

RV For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
(For the LORD thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.)

SLT For in him Jehovah thy God chose from all thy tribes to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons all the days.

Wbstr For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

KJB-1769 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
(For the LORD thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.)

KJB-1611 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the Name of the LORD, him, and his sonnes for euer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps For the Lorde thy God hath chosen hym out of all thy tribes, to stande and to minister in the name of the Lorde, he and his sonnes for euer.
(For the Lord thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand and to minister in the name of the Lord, he and his sons forever.)

Gnva For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stande and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sonnes for euer.
(For the Lord thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sons forever.)

Cvdl For the LORDE thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes, to stonde and mynyster in the name of the LORDE, he and his sonnes all the dayes of their life.
(For the LORD thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the LORD, he and his sons all the days of their life.)

Wycl For thi Lord God chees hym of alle thi lynagis, that he stonde and mynystre to `the name of the Lord, he and hise sones, with outen ende.
(For thy/your Lord God chose him of all thy/your lineages, that he stand and minister to the name of the Lord, he and his sons, without end.)

Luth Denn der HErr, dein GOtt, hat ihn erwählet aus allen deinen Stämmen, daß er stehe am Dienst im Namen des HErr’s, er und seine Söhne ewiglich.
(Because the/of_the LORD, your(s) God, has him/it chosen out_of all/everyone your(s) tribes, that he stand in/at/on_the service(n) in_the name(s) the LORD’s, he and his sons forever.)

ClVg Ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis, ut stet, et ministret nomini Domini, ipse, et filii ejus in sempiternum.
(Himself because chose Master God your(sg) from/about to_all tribes yours, as stet, and ministret to_the_name Master, exactly_that/himself, and children his/her in/into/on eternal.)

UHB כִּ֣י ב֗⁠וֹ בָּחַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖י⁠ךָ מִ⁠כָּל־שְׁבָטֶ֑י⁠ךָ לַ⁠עֲמֹ֨ד לְ⁠שָׁרֵ֧ת בְּ⁠שֵׁם־יְהוָ֛ה ה֥וּא וּ⁠בָנָ֖י⁠ו כָּל־הַ⁠יָּמִֽים׃ס ‡

BrLXX Ὅτι αὐτὸν ἐξελέξατο Κύριος ἐκ πασῶν τῶν φυλῶν σου, παρεστάναι ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ, λειτουργεῖν καὶ εὐλογεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.

BrTr because the Lord has chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand before the Lord thy God, to minister and bless in his name, himself and his sons among the children of Israel.