Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And for a long time Israel had been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Holman Bible
For many years Israel has been without the true God,
International Standard Version
"Listen to me, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will allow you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. Israel lived for years without the true God, priests to teach them, and the Law,
A Conservative Version
Now for a long time Israel was without the TRUE God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
American Standard Version
Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
Amplified
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest, and without [God’s] law.
Bible in Basic English
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
Darby Translation
Now for a long while Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
Julia Smith Translation
And many days to Israel for not a God of truth, and for no priest teaching, and for no law.
King James 2000
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now Israel [has been] without the true God many days, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There will come many days in Israel, in which there shall be no true God - nor priest that teacheth, nor any law.
NET Bible
For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.
New Heart English Bible
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, many days, had Israel been, - without the faithful God, and without a teaching priest, and without the law;
Webster
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
World English Bible
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Youngs Literal Translation
and many days are to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
Themes
Christian ministers » Teachers of schools
Poverty, spiritual » Destitution of the truth
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » For God's favor under the reproofs of azariah
Preaching » Effective » By azariah
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » In the time of asa, by the preaching of azariah
Simeon » Tribe of » Joined with the people of judah and benjamin in the renewal of the passover
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
Topics
Interlinear
Rab
Yowm
'elohiym
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 15:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Asa's Religious Reforms
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you while you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. 3 And for a long time Israel had been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. 4 And when they turned in their trouble to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:11
and so that you may teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
1 Kings 12:28-33
And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!
Hosea 3:4
For the sons of Israel shall live many days with no king, and no ruler, and with no sacrifice, and no pillars, and no ephod, or teraphim.
Deuteronomy 33:10
Let them teach Jacob Your judgments, and Israel Your Law. Let them put incense before You and whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.
2 Chronicles 17:8-9
And with them he sent Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites. And with them he sent Elishama and Jehoram the priests.
Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.
Jeremiah 10:10
But Jehovah is the true God, He is the living God, and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to stand His fury.
Ezekiel 44:21-23
And every priest shall not drink wine when they enter the inner court.
Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!
Malachi 2:7
For the priest's lips should guard knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts.
Matthew 2:4-5
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Romans 2:12
For as many as sinned without Law will also perish without Law. And as many as have sinned within Law shall be judged through Law.
Romans 7:8-9
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of lust. For apart from law sin was dead.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those who are outside Law, I became as outside Law (not being outside law to God, but under the Law to Christ), so that I might gain those who are outside Law.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves witness what kind of entrance we had to you, even how you turned from idols to God in order to serve the living and true God,
1 Timothy 3:2
Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come, and He has given us an understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the everlasting life.