Parallel Verses

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

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

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 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Cross References

Hosea 5:15

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

Numbers 21:7

Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, 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 hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

Judges 3:12-15

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

Judges 4:3

And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

Judges 10:7-10

And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

Isaiah 26:6

The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

Jeremiah 22:23

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

Hosea 7:14

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

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