Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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;

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.

References

Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

33 And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble. 34 If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly, 35 And they remember that God is their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

Cross References

Hosea 5:15

I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

Numbers 21:7

and the people come in unto Moses and say, 'We have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, and He doth turn aside from us the serpent;' and Moses prayeth in behalf of the people.

Judges 3:8-9

And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years;

Judges 3:12-15

and the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengtheneth Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

Judges 4:3

and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of Israel mightily twenty years.

Judges 10:7-10

and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the Bene-Ammon,

Isaiah 26:6

Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak.

Jeremiah 22:23

O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.

Hosea 7:14

And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

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