Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Listen to me, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will allow you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. Israel lived for years without the true God, priests to teach them, and the Law,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Holman Bible
For many years Israel has been without the true God,
A Conservative Version
Now for a long time Israel was without the TRUE God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
American Standard Version
Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
Amplified
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest, and without [God’s] law.
Bible in Basic English
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
Darby Translation
Now for a long while Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
Julia Smith Translation
And many days to Israel for not a God of truth, and for no priest teaching, and for no law.
King James 2000
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now Israel [has been] without the true God many days, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
Modern King James verseion
And for a long time Israel had been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There will come many days in Israel, in which there shall be no true God - nor priest that teacheth, nor any law.
NET Bible
For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.
New Heart English Bible
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, many days, had Israel been, - without the faithful God, and without a teaching priest, and without the law;
Webster
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
World English Bible
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Youngs Literal Translation
and many days are to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
Themes
Christian ministers » Teachers of schools
Poverty, spiritual » Destitution of the truth
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » For God's favor under the reproofs of azariah
Preaching » Effective » By azariah
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » In the time of asa, by the preaching of azariah
Simeon » Tribe of » Joined with the people of judah and benjamin in the renewal of the passover
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
Topics
Interlinear
Rab
Yowm
'elohiym
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 15:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Asa's Religious Reforms
2 so he went out to meet Asa and rebuked him: 3 "Listen to me, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will allow you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. Israel lived for years without the true God, priests to teach them, and the Law, 4 but they turned to the LORD God of Israel in their distress. When they sought him, he let them become reacquainted with him.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:11
You are to teach the Israelis all the statutes that the LORD commanded you by the authority of Moses."
1 Kings 12:28-33
So the king sought some advice and then built two golden calves and announced, "It's too difficult for you to travel to Jerusalem. So here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!"
Hosea 3:4
Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.
Deuteronomy 33:10
They will teach your ordinances to Jacob, and your Law to Israel. They will offer incense as a pleasant aroma to you and a whole burnt offering upon your altar.
2 Chronicles 17:8-9
They were accompanied by the descendants of Levi, including Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah. These descendants of Levi were accompanied by the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
Nehemiah 8:9
Because all the people were weeping as they listened to the words of the Law, Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the descendants of Levi who taught the people told everyone, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep."
Jeremiah 10:10
The LORD is the true God; he's the living God and the everlasting king. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Ezekiel 44:21-23
None of the priests are to drink wine after entering the inner courtyard.
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for the money, her priests teach only when they're paid, and her prophets prophesy for cash. Even so, don't they all rely on the LORD as they ask, "The LORD is among us, is he not? Nothing bad can possibly happen to us!'
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he's the messenger of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Matthew 2:4-5
He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
John 17:3
And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent Jesus the Messiah.
Romans 2:12
For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law.
Romans 7:8-9
But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those who do not have the Law, I became like a man who does not have the Law in order to win those who do not have the Law. However, I am not free from God's Law, but I'm subject to the Messiah's law.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God
1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.
1 John 5:20
We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.