Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And when the king heard the words of the law, he tore his garments,

New American Standard Bible

When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

King James Version

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Holman Bible

When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

International Standard Version

As soon as he heard what the Law said, he tore his clothes.

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Amplified

When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.

Bible in Basic English

And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be when the king heard the words of the law, and he will rend his garments.

King James 2000

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his garments.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when the king had heard the words of the law, he tare his clothes,

NET Bible

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

New Heart English Bible

It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Webster

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

World English Bible

It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass, when the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

the words
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

of the law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

that he rent
קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

References

Hastings

Context Readings

The Recovery Of The Book Of The Law

18 Then Shaphan the scribe reported to the king, "Hilkiah the priest gave to me a scroll." Then Shaphan read from it before the king. 19 And when the king heard the words of the law, he tore his garments, 20 and the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying,

Cross References

Joshua 7:6

And Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

Deuteronomy 28:3-68

"You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field.

2 Kings 19:1

It happened that when King Hezekiah heard, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went [to] the temple of Yahweh.

2 Kings 22:11

When the king heard the words of the scroll of the Torah, he tore his clothes.

2 Kings 22:19

because you have a responsive heart, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants to become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before my face, I have also heard, declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 36:22-24

Now the king [was] sitting [in] the quarters of the winter in the ninth month, and a fire-pot [was] burning {before} him.

Joel 2:13

Rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to Yahweh your God, because he [is] gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger} and great in loyal love, and relenting from harm.

Romans 3:20

For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous} before him, for through the law [comes] knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:7-11

What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Galatians 2:19

For through the law I died to the law, in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,

Galatians 3:10-13

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who does not abide by all [the things] that are written in the book of the law to do them."

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