Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
Holman Bible
Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every possible distress.
International Standard Version
Nation battled nation, and city fought city, because God was afflicting them all with every kind of distress.
A Conservative Version
And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city. For God vexed them with all adversity.
American Standard Version
And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
Amplified
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.
Darby Translation
And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.
Julia Smith Translation
And they dashed themselves, nation upon nation, and city upon city: for God disturbed them with all straits.
King James 2000
And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God did trouble them with all adversity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Nation was crushed by nation, and city [was] against city, for God threw them into confusion by all [sorts of] trouble.
Modern King James verseion
And nation was beaten by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every distress.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For one nation shall destroy another, and one city another: for God will trounce them with all adversity.
NET Bible
One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.
New Heart English Bible
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
The Emphasized Bible
and they were beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city, - for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.
Webster
And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God troubled them with all adversity.
World English Bible
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;
Themes
Civil strife » General references to
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
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil strife, general references to
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 15:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Asa's Religious Reforms
5 In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands. 6 And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them. 7 But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.
Cross References
Judges 2:14
And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of those who violently took their property, and into the hands of their haters all round them, so that they were forced to give way before them.
2 Chronicles 12:15
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.
2 Chronicles 33:11
So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:17
So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.
Psalm 106:41
And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
Amos 3:6
If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?
Matthew 24:7
For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;
Mark 13:8
Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.
Luke 21:9-10
And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.
Luke 21:22-24
For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.