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Bible in Basic English

Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief, and no one put on his ornaments.

New American Standard Bible

When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments.

King James Version

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

Holman Bible

When the people heard this bad news, they mourned and didn’t put on their jewelry.

International Standard Version

When the people heard this troubling word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

A Conservative Version

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned, and no man put his ornaments on him.

American Standard Version

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

Amplified

When the people heard this sad word, they mourned, and none of them put on his ornaments.

Darby Translation

And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.

Julia Smith Translation

And the people will hear this evil word, and they will mourn: and they put not each his ornaments upon him.

King James 2000

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the people heard this troubling word, and they mourned, and they each did not put their ornaments on themselves.

Modern King James verseion

And the people heard these evil tidings, and they mourned, and put no ornaments on themselves.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when the people heard this evil tidings, they sorrowed: and no man did put on his best raiment.

NET Bible

When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.

New Heart English Bible

When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.

The Emphasized Bible

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they afflicted themselves, - and they put not, any man, his ornaments upon him.

Webster

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man put on him his ornaments.

World English Bible

When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

H56
אבל 
'abal 
Usage: 39

and no man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 83

References

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Context Readings

Command To Resume Travel

3 Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way. 4 Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief, and no one put on his ornaments. 5 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

Cross References

Numbers 14:39

And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.

Numbers 14:1

Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.

Ezekiel 24:17

Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.

Ezekiel 24:23

And your head-dresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet: there will be no sorrow or weeping; but you will be wasting away in the punishment of your evil-doing, and you will be looking at one another in wonder.

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the rulers of the sea will come down from their high seats, and put away their robes and take off their clothing of needlework: they will put on the clothing of grief, they will take their seats on the earth, shaking with fear every minute and overcome with wonder at you.

Leviticus 10:6

And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, Do not let your hair be loose, and give no signs of grief; so that death may not overtake you, and his wrath come on all the people; but let there be weeping among your brothers and all the house of Israel for this burning of the Lord's fire.

2 Samuel 19:24

And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

1 Kings 21:27

Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.

2 Kings 19:1

And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

Ezra 9:3

And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

Esther 4:1-4

Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry.

Job 1:20

Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,

Job 2:12

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Isaiah 32:11

Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

Hosea 7:14

And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.

Jonah 3:6

And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.

Zechariah 7:3

And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?

Zechariah 7:5

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?

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