Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

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].

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;

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 And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror. 34 When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God; 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.

Cross References

Hosea 5:15

I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Numbers 21:7

And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Judges 3:8-9

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia; and the people of Israel served Cu'shan-rishatha'im eight years.

Judges 3:12-15

And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

Judges 4:3

Then the people of Israel cried to the LORD for help; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.

Judges 10:7-10

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,

Isaiah 26:6

The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor.

Jeremiah 22:23

Thou inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how pitiful shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, pain as of a woman in travail!

Hosea 7:14

And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.

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