Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Kings came and fought. Then fought the king of Canaan at Taanach, upon the water of Megiddo. But the silver that they coveted, they carried not away.

New American Standard Bible

The kings came and fought;
Then fought the kings of Canaan
At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo;
They took no plunder in silver.

King James Version

The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

Holman Bible

Kings came and fought.
Then the kings of Canaan fought
at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,
but they took no spoil of silver.

International Standard Version

"Kings came to fight, then battled the kings of Canaan at Taanach near the waters of Megiddo. They took no silver as the spoils of war.

A Conservative Version

The kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no gain of money.

American Standard Version

The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.

Amplified


“The kings came and fought;
Then the kings of Canaan fought
At Taanach by the waters of Megiddo.
Spoils of silver they did not obtain.

Bible in Basic English

The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.

Darby Translation

"The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, at Ta'anach, by the waters of Megid'do; they got no spoils of silver.

Julia Smith Translation

Kings came: they fought: Then fought the kings of Canaan, Tanach, upon the water of Megiddo: Plunder of silver took they not

King James 2000

The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"The kings came, they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought; at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, they got no plunder in silver.

Modern King James verseion

Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no gain of silver.

NET Bible

Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.

New Heart English Bible

The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.

The Emphasized Bible

On came kings, they fought, Then, fought the kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, - Plunder of silver, they took not away!

Webster

The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Tanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

World English Bible

"The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.

Youngs Literal Translation

Kings came -- they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

and fought
לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

the kings
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of Canaan
כּנען 
K@na`an 
Usage: 93

in Taanach
תּענך תּענך 
Ta`anak 
Usage: 7

by the waters
מים 
Mayim 
Usage: 581

of Megiddo
מגדּו מגדּון 
M@giddown (BR38.12.11) 
Usage: 12

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

no gain
בּצע 
Betsa` 
Usage: 22

Context Readings

The Song Of Deborah And Barak

18 But Zebulun is a people that put their lives in jeopardy of death, and Naphtali in like manner, even unto the top of the fields. 19 Kings came and fought. Then fought the king of Canaan at Taanach, upon the water of Megiddo. But the silver that they coveted, they carried not away. 20 From heaven came battle: for the stars, being in their course, fought against Sisera.

Cross References

Judges 1:27

Neither did Manasseh expel Bethshean with her towns, neither Taanach with her towns, neither the inhabiters of Dor with her towns, neither the inhabiters of Ibleam with her towns, neither the inhabiters of Megiddo with her towns, and so the Cananites went to and dwelt in the said land.

Judges 5:30

'Haply, they have found, and divide, the spoil. A maid, yea two maids for a piece: a spoil of divers colours for Sisera, a spoil of divers colours with broidered works, divers coloured broidered works for the neck for a prey.'

1 Kings 4:12

Baanah the son of Ahilud had Taanach, Megiddo, and all Bet-Shean which is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Bet-Shean to Abelmeholah and unto beyond Jokmeam;

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the face of the LORD, and dwelt in the land Nod, on the east side of Eden.

Genesis 14:22

And Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I lift up my hand unto the LORD God most high, possessor of heaven and earth,

Joshua 10:22-27

Then said Joshua, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out these five kings unto me out of the cave."

Joshua 11:1-15

And when Jabin king of Hazor had heard that, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph;

Judges 4:13

And Sisera called for all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and for all the people that he had, from Harosheth of the gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

Psalm 44:12

Thou sellest thy people for naught, and takest no money for them.

Psalm 48:4-6

For lo, the kings of the earth were gathered, and gone by together.

Psalm 68:12-14

Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.

Psalm 118:8-12

It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put any confidence in man.

Revelation 17:12-14

And the ten horns which thou seest, are ten kings, which have received no kingdom, but shall receive power as kings at one hour with the beast.

Revelation 19:19

And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth, and their warriors gathered together to make battle against him that sat on the horse and against his soldiers.

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