Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

A Conservative Version

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

Amplified

Now when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

Bible in Basic English

And the king, hearing the words of the book 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 book of the law, that he rent his garments.

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be when the king heard the words of the book 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 book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

And it happened when the king had heard the Words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the king, as soon as he had heard the words of the book of the law, he rent 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 book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book 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 book
ספרה ספר 
Cepher 
Usage: 186

of the law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

that he rent
קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

Context Readings

A Scroll Of The Torah Discovered In The Temple

10 And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, 'A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth it before the king. 11 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the book of the law, that he rendeth his garments, 12 and the king commandeth Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Achbor son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah 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.

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 --

2 Chronicles 34:19

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

Jeremiah 36:24

And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor rent their garments.

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.

Jonah 3:6-7

seeing the word doth come unto the king of Nineveh, and he riseth from his throne, and removeth his honourable robe from off him, and spreadeth out sackcloth, and sitteth on the ashes,

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