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Contemporary English Version

2 Chronicles 15:6

Nations were destroying each other, and cities were wiping out other cities, because God was causing trouble and unrest everywhere.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Courage;   Prayer;   Preaching;   Repentance;   Revivals;   Simeon;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Azariah;   Civil Strife;   Nation, the;   Strife;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Oded;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Azariah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every possible distress.
Hebrew Names Version
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
King James Version
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
English Standard Version
They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.
New Century Version
One nation would destroy another nation, and one city would destroy another city, because God troubled them with all kinds of distress.
New English Translation
One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.
Amplified Bible
"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.
World English Bible
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God troubled them with all aduersitie.
Legacy Standard Bible
And nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress.
Berean Standard Bible
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
Complete Jewish Bible
so that they were shattered to pieces, nation against nation and city against city, as God troubled them with every kind of distress.
Darby Translation
And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.
Easy-to-Read Version
One nation would destroy another nation and one city would destroy another city. This was happening because God gave them all kinds of trouble.
George Lamsa Translation
And we were scattered in every nation and people, and in towns and cities,
Good News Translation
One nation oppressed another nation, and one city oppressed another city, because God was bringing trouble and distress on them.
Lexham English Bible
Nation was crushed by nation, and city was against city, for God threw them into confusion by all sorts of trouble.
Literal Translation
And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city. For God troubled them with every distress.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For one people shall all to smyte another, & one cite another: for God shal vexe them wt all maner of trouble.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God did moue all aduersitie among them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.
King James Version (1611)
And nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God did vexe them with all aduersitie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every kind of affliction.
English Revised Version
And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For a folk schal fiyte ayens folk, and a citee ayens a citee, for the Lord schal disturble hem in al anguysch;
Update Bible Version
And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God vexed them with all adversity.
Webster's Bible Translation
And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God troubled them with all adversity.
New King James Version
So nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity.
New Living Translation
Nation fought against nation, and city against city, for God was troubling them with every kind of problem.
New Life Bible
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God sent every kind of trouble upon them.
New Revised Standard
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they were beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city, - for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.
Revised Standard Version
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.
Young's Literal Translation
and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

Contextual Overview

1 Some time later, God spoke to Azariah son of Oded. 2 At once, Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me, King Asa and you people of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord will be with you and help you, as long as you obey and worship him. But if you disobey him, he will desert you. 3 For a long time, the people of Israel did not worship the true God or listen to priests who could teach them about God. They refused to obey God's Law. 4 But whenever trouble came, Israel turned back to the Lord their God and worshiped him. 5 There was so much confusion in those days that it wasn't safe to go anywhere in Israel. 6 Nations were destroying each other, and cities were wiping out other cities, because God was causing trouble and unrest everywhere. 7 So you must be brave. Don't give up! God will honor you for obeying him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

nation: 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 13:17, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:9, Luke 21:10

destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces

God: 2 Chronicles 33:11, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Judges 2:14, Psalms 106:41, Isaiah 10:6, Amos 3:6, Luke 21:22-24

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 15:15 - the Lord Job 4:20 - destroyed Psalms 107:39 - oppression Isaiah 8:22 - look Isaiah 42:24 - General Jeremiah 16:5 - I have Jeremiah 25:32 - evil Ezekiel 35:7 - passeth Matthew 24:7 - nation shall

Cross-References

Genesis 15:3
You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything."
Genesis 15:6
Abram believed the Lord , and the Lord was pleased with him.
Genesis 15:20
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
Psalms 106:31
Now he will always be highly honored.
Romans 4:9
Are these blessings meant for circumcised people or for those who are not circumcised? Well, the Scriptures say that God accepted Abraham because Abraham had faith in him.
Romans 4:11
Abraham let himself be circumcised to show that he had been accepted because of his faith even before he was circumcised. This makes Abraham the father of all who are acceptable to God because of their faith, even though they are not circumcised.
2 Corinthians 5:19
What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world. And he has given us the work of sharing his message about peace.
Hebrews 11:8
Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city,.... Or one tribe of another; as the Ephraimites by the Gileadites, and the tribe of Benjamin by the other tribes; and Shechem by Abimelech, Judges 9:45,

for God did vex them with all adversity; both with foreign enemies and civil wars; and now it is intimated that this would be their case again, should they not keep close to the Lord their God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The allusion is probably to the destructions recorded in Judges 9:45; Judges 20:33-48.


 
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