Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

New American Standard Bible

So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”

King James Version

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

Holman Bible

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”

International Standard Version

In response, the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and declared, "The LORD is righteous."

A Conservative Version

Then the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, LORD is righteous.

Amplified

Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”

Bible in Basic English

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

Darby Translation

And the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

Julia Smith Translation

And the chiefs of Israel, and the king, will humble themselves; and they will say, Jehovah is just.

King James 2000

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "Yahweh [is] righteous."

Modern King James verseion

And the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves. And they said, Jehovah is righteous.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whereupon the lords of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

NET Bible

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is just."

New Heart English Bible

Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "The LORD is righteous."

The Emphasized Bible

Then the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves, - and said, Righteous, is Yahweh!

Webster

Upon which the princes of Israel, and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

World English Bible

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "Yahweh is righteous."

Youngs Literal Translation

and the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, 'Righteous is Jehovah.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

and the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

כּנע 
Kana` 
Usage: 36

References

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Shishak Of Egypt Invades Jerusalem

5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous. 7 And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Cross References

Exodus 9:27

And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Daniel 9:14

Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.

Exodus 10:3

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Leviticus 26:40-41

And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,

Judges 1:7

And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

1 Kings 8:37-39

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

2 Chronicles 32:26

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

Job 33:27

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

Psalm 78:34-35

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

Psalm 129:4

Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Jeremiah 13:15

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.

Jeremiah 44:10

They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

Lamentations 1:18

Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Daniel 5:22

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this,

Hosea 5:15

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

Luke 18:14

I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Romans 10:3

For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

James 4:6

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture'saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

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