Parallel Verses

Amplified

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

New American Standard Bible

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

King James Version

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

Holman Bible

Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every possible distress.

International Standard Version

Nation battled nation, and city fought city, because God was afflicting them all with every kind of distress.

A Conservative Version

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city. For God vexed them with all adversity.

American Standard Version

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

Bible in Basic English

And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.

Darby Translation

And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

Julia Smith Translation

And they dashed themselves, nation upon nation, and city upon city: for God disturbed them with all straits.

King James 2000

And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God did trouble them with all adversity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Nation was crushed by nation, and city [was] against city, for God threw them into confusion by all [sorts of] trouble.

Modern King James verseion

And nation was beaten by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every distress.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For one nation shall destroy another, and one city another: for God will trounce them with all adversity.

NET Bible

One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.

New Heart English Bible

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

The Emphasized Bible

and they were beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city, - for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.

Webster

And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God troubled them with all adversity.

World English Bible

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

Youngs Literal Translation

and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And nation
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

כּתת 
Kathath 
Usage: 17

of nation
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

and city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

of city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

המם 
Hamam 
Usage: 13

References

Fausets

Hastings

Verse Info

Context Readings

Asa's Religious Reforms

5 In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, for great suffering came on all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress. 7 But as for you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”


Cross References

Judges 2:14

So the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands (power) of plunderers who robbed them; and He sold them into the hands of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer stand [in opposition] before their enemies.

2 Chronicles 12:15

Now the acts of Rehoboam, from the first to the last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, according to genealogical enrollment? There were wars between Rehoboam [of Judah] and Jeroboam [of Israel] continually.

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah and his people inflicted on them a great defeat, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:17

Therefore He brought the king of the Chaldeans against them, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.

Psalm 106:41


He gave them into the hands of the nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

Isaiah 10:6


I send Assyria against a godless nation
And commission it against the people of My wrath
To take the spoil and to seize the plunder,
And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Amos 3:6


If a trumpet is blown in a city [warning of danger] will not the people tremble?
If a disaster or misfortune occurs in a city has not the Lord caused it?

Matthew 24:7

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Mark 13:8

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These things are the beginning of the birth pangs [the intolerable anguish and suffering].

Luke 21:9-10

When you hear of wars and disturbances [civil unrest, revolts, uprisings], do not panic; for these things must take place first, but the end will not come immediately.”

Luke 21:22-24

for these are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.

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