2 Chronicles 21:14

Contemporary English Version

Because you have done these terrible things, the Lord will severely punish the people in your kingdom, including your own family, and he will destroy everything you own.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the Lord is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction.

Hebrew Names Version
behold, the LORD will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;

King James Version
Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

English Standard Version
behold, the Lord will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,

New Century Version
So now the Lord is about to punish your people, your children, wives, and everything you own.

New English Translation
So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

Amplified Bible
behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great disaster;

New American Standard Bible
behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague;

World English Bible
behold, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wiues, and all thy substance,

Legacy Standard Bible
behold, Yahweh is going to smite your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great calamity;

Berean Standard Bible
So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.

Complete Jewish Bible
Because of all this, Adonai is going to strike your people with a terrible disease, also your children, your wives and everything you have.

Darby Translation
behold, Jehovah will smite with a great stroke thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance,

Easy-to-Read Version
So now, the Lord will soon punish your people with terrible suffering. He will punish your children, your wives, and all your property.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, the LORD will smite you with a great plague, together with your people, your children, your wives, and all your goods;

Good News Translation
As a result, the Lord will severely punish your people, your children, and your wives, and will destroy your possessions.

Lexham English Bible
behold, Yahweh is inflicting a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,

Literal Translation
behold, Jehovah shall strike with a great destruction among your people, and among your sons, and among your wives, and among all your goods;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the LORDE shal smyte the wt a greate plage on thy people, on thy children & thy wyues, and on all thy substaunce.

American Standard Version
behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;

Bible in Basic English
Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, with a great plague will the Lorde smite thy folke, thy children, thy wyues, and all thy goods:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
behold, the LORD will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;

King James Version (1611)
Behold, with a great plague wil the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wiues, and all thy goods.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
behold, the Lord shall smite thee with a great plague among thy people, and thy sons, and thy wives, and all thy store:

English Revised Version
behold, the LORD will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the Lord schal smyte thee with a greet veniaunce, and thi puple, and thi sones, and wyues, and al thi catel;

Update Bible Version
look, Yahweh will smite with a great plague your people, and your sons, and your wives, and all your substance;

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:

New King James Version
behold, the LORD will strike your people with a serious affliction--your children, your wives, and all your possessions;

New Living Translation
So now the Lord is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives, and all that is yours with a heavy blow.

New Life Bible
So see, the Lord is going to send a bad disease upon your people, your sons, your wives, and all you have.

New Revised Standard
see, the Lord will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
lo! Yahweh, is about to plague, with a great plague, thy people,-and thy children and thy wives, and all thy possessions;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.

Revised Standard Version
behold, the LORD will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,

Young's Literal Translation
lo, Jehovah is smiting -- a great smiting -- among thy people, and among thy sons, and among thy wives, and among all thy goods --

New American Standard Bible (1995)
behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives and all your possessions with a great calamity;

Contextual Overview

¹² One day, Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet that said: I have a message for you from the Lord God your ancestor David worshiped. He knows that you have not followed the example of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa your grandfather. ¹³ Instead you have acted like those sinful kings of Israel and have encouraged the people of Judah to stop worshiping the Lord , just as Ahab and his descendants did. You even murdered your own brothers, who were better men than you. ¹⁴ Because you have done these terrible things, the Lord will severely punish the people in your kingdom, including your own family, and he will destroy everything you own. ¹⁵ You will be struck with a painful stomach disease and suffer until you die. ¹⁶ The Lord later caused the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians to become angry at Jehoram. ¹⁷ They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace, and they led Jehoram's wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah, his youngest son. ¹⁸ After this happened, the Lord struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease. ¹⁹ About two years later, Jehoram died in terrible pain. No bonfire was built to honor him, even though the people had done this for his ancestors. ²⁰ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he ruled eight years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

plague: Heb. stroke, Leviticus 26:21

thy people: Many of the people had concurred in Jehoram's idolatry, and some of them must have been instruments in his base, unnatural murders; they were therefore joined in his punishment, and he suffered by the loss of his subjects. Hosea 5:11, Micah 6:16

thy children: Exodus 20:5

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 1:2 - was sick

Cross-References

Genesis 16:7
Hagar stopped to rest at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur. While she was there, the angel of the Lord came to her

Genesis 19:27
That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord .

Genesis 21:6
and Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Now everyone will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:7
Who would have dared to tell Abraham that someday I would have a child? But in his old age, I have given him a son."

Genesis 21:23
Now I want you to promise in the name of God that you will always be loyal to me and my descendants, just as I have always been loyal to you in this land where you have lived as a foreigner."

Genesis 21:25
One day, Abraham told Abimelech, "Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells."

Genesis 21:31
So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the eternal Lord God.

Genesis 22:3
So Abraham got up early the next morning and chopped wood for the fire. He put a saddle on his donkey and left with Isaac and two servants for the place where God had told him to go.

Genesis 22:19
Abraham and Isaac went back to the servants who had come with him, and they returned to Abraham's home in Beersheba.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people,.... They going into the same idolatry with himself willingly, at least great part of them, and therefore deserved to be smitten, and which would be a punishment to him:

and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods; which should be carried captive, as the event shows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The fulfillment of the threat is given in 2 Chronicles 21:16-17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 21:14. Will the Lord smite — "The WORD of the Lord will send a great mortality." - Targum.