Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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,

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.

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 And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, 'A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth in it before the king. 19 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments, 20 and the king commandeth Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying,



Cross References

Joshua 7:6

And Joshua rendeth his garments, and falleth on his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah till the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they cause dust to go up on their head.

Deuteronomy 28:3-68

Blessed art thou in the city, and blessed art thou in the field.

2 Kings 19:1

And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

2 Kings 22:11

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

2 Kings 22:19

because thy heart is tender, and thou art humbled because of Jehovah, in thy hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me -- I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah --

Jeremiah 36:22-24

and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,

Joel 2:13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful is He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

Romans 3:20

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:7-11

What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

Galatians 2:19

for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;

Galatians 3:10-13

for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law -- to do them,'

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