Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

New American Standard Bible

When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;

King James Version

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Holman Bible

When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.

International Standard Version

When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God.

A Conservative Version

When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly.

American Standard Version

When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

Amplified


When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,
And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].

Darby Translation

When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;

Julia Smith Translation

When he slew them and they sought him, and they turned back and sought for God.

King James 2000

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

When he killed [some of] them, then they sought him, and repented and earnestly sought God.

Modern King James verseion

When He killed them, then they looked for Him; and they turned back and sought after God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When he slew them, they sought him, and turned them early, and inquired after God.

NET Bible

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

New Heart English Bible

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

The Emphasized Bible

If he slew of them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;

Webster

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

World English Bible

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

Youngs Literal Translation

If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

References

Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

33 So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble. 34 When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care; 35 In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.


Cross References

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

Numbers 21:7

Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.

Judges 3:8-9

So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.

Judges 3:12-15

Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.

Judges 4:3

Then the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron war-carriages, and for twenty years he was very cruel to the children of Israel.

Judges 10:7-10

And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

Isaiah 26:6

It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.

Jeremiah 22:23

O you who are living in Lebanon, making your living-place in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied will you be when pains come on you, as on a woman in childbirth!

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.

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