Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and there is no king in Edom; he set up a 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 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.
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 remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land; 47 and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king. 48 Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:14
and he putteth in Edom garrisons -- in all Edom he hath put garrisons, and all Edom are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.
2 Kings 3:9
And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that are at their feet,
2 Kings 8:20
In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,
Genesis 25:23
And Jehovah saith to her, 'Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the one people than the other people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.'
Genesis 27:40
and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.'
Genesis 36:31-43
And these are the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.
Psalm 108:9-10
Moab is a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually.