1 Chronicles 12:32
New International Version
from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do—200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;

New Living Translation
From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take.

English Standard Version
Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

Berean Standard Bible
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

King James Bible
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

New King James Version
of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;

New American Standard Bible
From the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

NASB 1995
Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

NASB 1977
And of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

Legacy Standard Bible
Of the sons of Issachar, men who knew how to discern the times, to know what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their relatives were at their command.

Amplified Bible
Of the tribe of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, two hundred chiefs; and all their relatives were at their command;

Christian Standard Bible
From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.

American Standard Version
And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And from the sons of Issakar, knowing wisdom in their times and workers of beautiful works and upright before LORD JEHOVAH, their two hundred Chiefs, and all their brothers, whatever they were saying to them is what they were doing.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And of the sons of Issachar having wisdom with regard to the times, knowing what Israel should do, two hundred; and all their brethren with them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel.

English Revised Version
And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From Issachar's descendants there were 200 leaders who understood the times and knew what Israel should do. Their relatives were under their command.

International Standard Version
The tribe of Issachar supplied 200 leaders, along with all of their relatives under their command. They kept up-to-date in their understanding of the times and knew what Israel should do.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

Literal Standard Version
And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads [are] two hundred, and all their brothers [are] at their command.

Majority Standard Bible
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

New American Bible
Of the Issacharites, their chiefs who were endowed with an understanding of the times and who knew what Israel had to do: two hundred chiefs, together with all their kinsmen under their command.

NET Bible
From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command--they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.

New Revised Standard Version
Of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kindred under their command.

New Heart English Bible
Of the people of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.

Webster's Bible Translation
And of the children of Issachar, who were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command.

World English Bible
Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.

Young's Literal Translation
And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads are two hundred, and all their brethren are at their command.

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Context
David's Army Grows at Hebron
31From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king. 32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command. 33From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:31
From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

Esther 1:13
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.


Treasury of Scripture

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.

Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Esther 1:12
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: …

to know

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Ephesians 5:17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

all their

Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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(32) And of the children of Issachar . . .--Rather, And of the sons of Issachar (came) men sage in discernment for the times (tempora, critical junctures), so as to know what Israel ought to do; viz., their chiefs two hundred (in number), and all their fellow clansmen under their orders. The old Jewish expositors concluded, from the former part of this verse that the tribe of Issachar had skill i?? astrology, so that they could read in the heavens what seasons were auspicious for action, as the ancient Babylonians professed to do. But all that the text really asserts is that those men of Issachar who went over to David thereby showed political sagacity. No similar phrase occurs elsewhere in the Old Testament.

At their commandment.--Upon their mouth. (Comp. Numbers 4:27.) The clansmen marched with their chieftains. The total number of Issachar's contingent is not assigned.

Verse 32. - Had understanding of the times (2 Chronicles 2:12; Esther 1:13; Job 24:1). Compare Tacitus, "gnarus temporum" ('Agricola,' §6). This verse does not tell the number of the "children," but only of the "heads" of Issachar. It is possible that the number has slipped out. The description of the characteristics of Issachar here seems an advance upon that of Genesis 49:14, 15.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
From the Issacharites,
וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (ū·mib·bə·nê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

who understood
יוֹדְעֵ֤י (yō·wḏ·‘ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3045: To know

the times
לַֽעִתִּ֔ים (la·‘it·tîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

and knew
לָדַ֖עַת (lā·ḏa·‘aṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3045: To know

what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

should do:
יַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

200
מָאתַ֔יִם (mā·ṯa·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 3967: A hundred

chiefs
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֣ם (rā·šê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

with all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their kinsmen
אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם (’ă·ḥê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 251: A brother, )

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew

their command.
פִּיהֶֽם׃ (pî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to


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