Parallel Verses
King James Version
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
New American Standard Bible
When the king heard
Holman Bible
When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
International Standard Version
As soon as he heard what the Law said, he tore his clothes.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
Amplified
When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.
Bible in Basic English
And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be when the king heard the words of the law, and he will rend his garments.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And when the king heard the words of the law, he tore his garments,
Modern King James verseion
And it happened when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his garments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when the king had heard the words of the law, he tare his clothes,
NET Bible
When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
Webster
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
World English Bible
It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments,
Themes
Josiah » King of judah » Solicitude when the copy of the law was discovered and read to him
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 34:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Recovery Of The Book Of The Law
18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 7:6
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
Deuteronomy 28:3-68
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
2 Kings 19:1
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 22:11
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 36:22-24
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
Joel 2:13
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:7-11
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Galatians 2:19
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Galatians 3:10-13
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.