KJV
8. And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David’s soul, [he shall be chief and captain.] Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.



KJV
8. And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David’s soul, [he shall be chief and captain.] Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

AMP
8. David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites, let him get up through the water shaft and smite the lame and the blind who are detested by David's soul. So they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

KJVP
8. And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS on that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS , Whosoever H3605 NMS getteth up H5060 to the gutter H6794 , and smiteth H5221 the Jebusites H2983 , and the lame H6455 and the blind H5787 , [ that ] [ are ] hated H8130 of David H1732 MMS \'s soul H5315 GFS , [ he ] [ shall ] [ be ] [ chief ] [ and ] [ captain ] . Wherefore H5921 PREP they said H559 W-VQY3MS , The blind H5787 and the lame H6455 shall not H3808 NADV come H935 VQY3MS into H413 PREP the house H1004 .

YLT
8. And David saith on that day, `Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind -- the hated of David's soul,` -- because the blind and lame say, `He doth not come into the house.`

ASV
8. And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and smite the lame and the blind, that are hated of Davids soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.

WEB
8. David said on that day, Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and strike the lame and the blind, who are hated of David's soul. Therefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he can't come into the house.

NASB
8. On that day David said: "All who wish to attack the Jebusites must strike at them through the water shaft. The lame and the blind shall be the personal enemies of David." That is why it is said, "The blind and the lame shall not enter the palace."

ESV
8. And David said on that day, "Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack 'the lame and the blind,' who are hated by David's soul." Therefore it is said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."

RV
8. And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and {cf15i smite} the lame and the blind, that are hated of David-s soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.

RSV
8. And David said on that day, "Whoever would smite the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack the lame and the blind, who are hated by David's soul." Therefore it is said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."

NKJV
8. Now David said on that day, "Whoever climbs up by way of the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites (the lame and the blind, [who are] hated by David's soul), [he shall be chief and captain."] Therefore they say, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."

MKJV
8. And David said on that day, Anyone who strikes the Jebusite, let him go by the water-shaft and take the lame and the blind, the hated of David's soul. On account of this they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

AKJV
8. And David said on that day, Whoever gets up to the gutter, and smites the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Why they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

NRSV
8. David had said on that day, "Whoever would strike down the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack the lame and the blind, those whom David hates." Therefore it is said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."

NIV
8. On that day, David said, "Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those`lame and blind' who are David's enemies." That is why they say, "The`blind and lame' will not enter the palace."

NIRV
8. On that day David said, "Anyone who wins the battle over the Jebusites will have to crawl through the water tunnel to get into the city. That's the only way he can reach those 'disabled and blind' enemies of mine." That's why people say, "Those who are 'blind and disabled' won't enter David's palace."

NLT
8. On the day of the attack, David said to his troops, "I hate those 'lame' and 'blind' Jebusites. Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city through the water tunnel. " That is the origin of the saying, "The blind and the lame may not enter the house."

MSG
8. That day David said, "To get the best of these Jebusites, one must target the water system, not to mention this so-called lame and blind bunch that David hates." (In fact, he was so sick and tired of it, people coined the expression, "No lame and blind allowed in the palace.")

GNB
8. That day David said to his men, "Does anybody here hate the Jebusites as much as I do? Enough to kill them? Then go up through the water tunnel and attack those poor blind cripples." (That is why it is said, "The blind and the crippled cannot enter the LORD's house.")

NET
8. David said on that day, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the 'lame' and the 'blind' who are David's enemies by going through the water tunnel." For this reason it is said, "The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace."

ERVEN
8. That day David said to his men, "Whenever you strike at a Jebusite, aim for the throat." David said this because he hates to see people crippled and blinded. That is why people say, "The lame and blind are not allowed in the temple. "