Parallel Verses

King James 2000

Behold, the princes of Israel, each one in you used his power to shed blood.

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

King James Version

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

Holman Bible

“Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.

International Standard Version

"""Watch out! Each of the princes of Israel has misused his authority to shed blood.

A Conservative Version

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

American Standard Version

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

Amplified

“Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.

Bible in Basic English

See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

Darby Translation

Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, the princes of Israel they were a man to his arm to pour out;blood in thee.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look! The princes of Israel, each [one] according to his strength, they are in you {for the shedding of blood}.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each man by his might, have been in you in order to shed blood.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, the rulers of Israel have brought every man his power, to shed blood in thee.

NET Bible

"'See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

New Heart English Bible

"'"Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! the princes of Israel, very man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding blood.

Webster

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

World English Bible

Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, princes of Israel -- each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נשׂא נשׂיא 
Nasiy' 
Usage: 134

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

זרעה זרועה זרע זרוע 
Z@rowa` 
Usage: 91

to shed
שׁפך 
Shaphak 
Usage: 115

Context Readings

Highlighting The Sins And The Judgments Of Israel

5 Those that are near, and those that are far from you, shall mock you, who are infamous and full of tumult. 6  Behold, the princes of Israel, each one in you used his power to shed blood. 7 In you have they made light of father and mother: in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Nehemiah 9:34

Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor hearkened unto your commandments and your testimonies, with which you did testify against them.

Jeremiah 2:26-27

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

Jeremiah 5:5

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the law of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 32:32

Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:8

O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.

Micah 2:1

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 3:1-3

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Micah 3:9-11

Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Zechariah 3:3

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

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