Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
There was then 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.
A Conservative Version
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy was 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 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 the rest of the sodomites which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king in Edom, a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat had ten 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 men of Edom became David's servants. And Jehovah preserved David wherever he went.
2 Kings 3:9
And the king of Israel and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom went. And they went around behind for seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army, and for the cattle 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 Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two kinds of people shall be separated from your bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people, the older shall serve the younger.
Genesis 27:40
And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother. And it shall be when you shall have the dominion, you shall break his yoke from off your neck.
Genesis 36:31-43
And these were the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.
Psalm 108:9-10
Moab is My washpot; I will cast out My shoe over Edom; I will triumph over Philistia.