Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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,

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 told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll." Shaphan read it out loud before the king. 19 When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes. 20 The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant,

Cross References

Joshua 7:6

Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt on their heads.

Deuteronomy 28:3-68

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

2 Kings 19:1

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord's temple.

2 Kings 22:11

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

2 Kings 22:19

You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord.

Jeremiah 36:22-24

Since it was the ninth month of the year, the king was sitting in his winter quarters. A fire was burning in the firepot in front of him.

Joel 2:13

Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.

Romans 3:20

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:7-11

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Galatians 2:19

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

Galatians 3:10-13

For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law."

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