Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;

King James Version

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Holman Bible

When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.

International Standard Version

When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God.

A Conservative Version

When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly.

American Standard Version

When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

Amplified


When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,
And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].

Bible in Basic English

When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

Darby Translation

When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;

Julia Smith Translation

When he slew them and they sought him, and they turned back and sought for God.

King James 2000

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

When he killed [some of] them, then they sought him, and repented and earnestly sought God.

Modern King James verseion

When He killed them, then they looked for Him; and they turned back and sought after God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When he slew them, they sought him, and turned them early, and inquired after God.

NET Bible

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

New Heart English Bible

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

The Emphasized Bible

If he slew of them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;

Webster

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

World English Bible

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

Youngs Literal Translation

If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

References

Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

33 So He brought their days to an end in futility
And their years in sudden terror.
34 When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;
35 And they remembered that God was their rock,
And the Most High God their Redeemer.


Cross References

Hosea 5:15

I will go away and return to My place
Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Numbers 21:7

So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and you; intercede with the Lord, that He may remove the serpents from us.” And Moses interceded for the people.

Judges 3:8-9

Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

Judges 3:12-15

Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.

Judges 4:3

The sons of Israel cried to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

Judges 10:7-10

The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.

Isaiah 26:6

The foot will trample it,
The feet of the afflicted, the steps of the helpless.”

Jeremiah 22:23

“You who dwell in Lebanon,
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
Pain like a woman in childbirth!

Hosea 7:14

And they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves,
They turn away from Me.

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