ESV
KJV
1. On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
ASV
1. On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
ERVEN
1. That same night, the king could not sleep. So he told a servant to bring the history book and read it to him. (The Book of History of the Kings lists everything that happens during a king's rule.)
NLT
1. That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.
WEB
1. On that night the king couldn't sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
NET
1. Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king's presence,
NLV
1. During that night the king could not sleep. So he had the Book of the Chronicles brought to him, and they were read to the king.
HCSB
1. That night sleep escaped the king, so he ordered the book recording daily events to be brought and read to the king.
YLT
1. On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,
LITV
1. On that night the king's sleep fled, and he said to bring in the Book of the Records of the Matter of the Days. And they were being read before the king.
RV
1. On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
NCV
1. That same night the king could not sleep. So he gave an order for the daily court record to be brought in and read to him.
MKJV
1. On that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the Book of the Records of the Matter of the Days. And they were read before the king.
AKJV
1. On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
LXXEN
1. But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the [Gr. letters] books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
KJV
1. On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
AMP
1. ON THAT night the king could not sleep; and he ordered that the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, be brought, and they were read before the king.
KJVP
1. On that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS night H3915 could not H5074 the king H4428 D-NMS sleep H8142 , and he commanded H559 W-VQY3MS to bring H935 L-VHFC the book H5612 CMS of records H2146 of the chronicles H1697 CMP ; and they were H1961 W-VQY3MP read H7121 before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 .
YLT
1. On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,
ASV
1. On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
WEB
1. On that night the king couldn't sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
NASB
1. That night the king, unable to sleep, asked that the chronicle of notable events be brought in. While this was being read to him,
ESV
1. On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
RV
1. On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
RSV
1. On that night the king could not sleep; and he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
NKJV
1. That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
MKJV
1. On that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the Book of the Records of the Matter of the Days. And they were read before the king.
AKJV
1. On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
NRSV
1. On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king.
NIV
1. That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.
NIRV
1. That night the king couldn't sleep. So he ordered the official records of his rule to be brought in. He ordered someone to read them to him.
NLT
1. That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.
MSG
1. That night the king couldn't sleep. He ordered the record book, the day-by-day journal of events, to be brought and read to him.
GNB
1. That same night the king could not get to sleep, so he had the official records of the empire brought and read to him.
NET
1. Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king's presence,
ERVEN
1. That same night, the king could not sleep. So he told a servant to bring the history book and read it to him. (The Book of History of the Kings lists everything that happens during a king's rule.)