Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
Holman Bible
There was no king in Edom;
International Standard Version
There was no king reigning in Edom; there was only a stand-in king.
American Standard Version
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
Amplified
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy (governor) was [serving as] king.
Bible in Basic English
At that time there was no king in Edom;
Darby Translation
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy reigned.
Julia Smith Translation
And a king not in Edom: a director reigned.
King James 2000
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There was not a king in Edom; a governor [served] as king.
Modern King James verseion
There was then no king in Edom, a deputy was king.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There was then no king in Edom; the king was but a deputy.
NET Bible
There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.
New Heart English Bible
There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
The Emphasized Bible
And, king, was there none in Edom, a prefect, was king.
Webster
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
World English Bible
There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
Youngs Literal Translation
and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.
Themes
Deputy » An officer who administers the functions of a superior in his absence
Edomites » Ruled by a deputy king
Edomites, the » Under a deputy or viceroy while subject to judah
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 22:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
King Jehoshaphat Of Judah
46 And he put away out of the land the remnant of the sodomites, who remained in the days of his father Asa. 47 And there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:14
And he put garrisons in Edom. He put garrisons throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom. And they made a circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army, nor for the beasts that followed them.
2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
Genesis 25:23
And LORD said to her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 27:40
And by thy sword thou shall live, and thou shall serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shall break loose, that thou shall shake his yoke from off thy neck.
Genesis 36:31-43
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.
Psalm 108:9-10
Moab is my wash pot. Upon Edom I will cast my shoe. Over Philistia I will shout.