2 Kings 22:11

Contemporary English Version

When Josiah heard what was in The Book of God's Law, he tore his clothes in sorrow.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

King James Version
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

English Standard Version
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

New Century Version
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Teachings, he tore his clothes to show how upset he was.

New English Translation
When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

Amplified Bible
Now when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

New American Standard Bible
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

World English Bible
It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the King had heard the wordes of the booke of the Law, he rent his clothes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that when the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

Berean Standard Bible
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

Complete Jewish Bible
After the king had heard what was written in the scroll of the Torah, he tore his clothes.

Darby Translation
And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments.

Easy-to-Read Version
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes to show he was sad and upset.

George Lamsa Translation
And when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

Good News Translation
When the king heard the book being read, he tore his clothes in dismay,

Lexham English Bible
When the king heard the words of the scroll of the Torah, he tore his clothes.

Literal Translation
And it happened when the king heard the Words of the Book of the Law, he tore his garments.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan the kinge herde the wordes of the boke of lawe, he rente his clothes.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Bible in Basic English
And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it fortuned, that when the king had hearde the wordes of the booke of the lawe, he rent his clothes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the Law, that he rent his clothes.

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when the king had heard the words of the booke of the Law, that he rent his clothes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the kyng hadde herd the wordis of the book of the lawe of the Lord, he to-rente hise clothis.

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

New King James Version
Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

New Living Translation
When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.

New Life Bible
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

New Revised Standard
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king had heard the words of the law of the Lord, he rent his garments.

Revised Standard Version
And when the king heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the book of the law, that he rendeth his garments,

THE MESSAGE
When the king heard what was written in the book, God's Revelation, he ripped his robes in dismay. And then he called for Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the royal secretary, and Asaiah the king's personal aide. He ordered them all: "Go and pray to God for me and for this people—for all Judah! Find out what we must do in response to what is written in this book that has just been found! God 's anger must be burning furiously against us—our ancestors haven't obeyed a thing written in this book, followed none of the instructions directed to us."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ When Josiah heard what was in The Book of God's Law, he tore his clothes in sorrow. ¹² At once he called together Hilkiah, Shaphan, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, and his own servant Asaiah. He said, ¹³ "The Lord must be furious with me and everyone else in Judah, because our ancestors did not obey the laws written in this book. Go find out what the Lord wants us to do." ¹⁴ The five men left right away and went to talk with Huldah the prophet. Her husband was Shallum, who was in charge of the king's clothes. Huldah lived in the northern part of Jerusalem, and when they met in her home, ¹⁵ she said: You were sent here by King Josiah, and this is what the Lord God of Israel says to him: ¹⁶ "Josiah, I am the Lord ! And I will see to it that this country and everyone living in it will be destroyed. It will happen just as this book says. ¹⁷ The people of Judah have rejected me. They have offered sacrifices to foreign gods and have worshiped their own idols. I cannot stand it any longer. I am furious. ¹⁸ "Josiah, listen to what I am going to do. ¹⁹ I noticed how sad you were when you read that this country and its people would be completely wiped out. You even tore your clothes in sorrow, and I heard you cry. ²⁰ So I will let you die in peace, before I destroy this place." The men left and took Huldah's answer back to Josiah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that he rent: 2 Kings 22:19, 2 Chronicles 34:19, Jeremiah 36:24, Joel 2:13, Jonah 3:6, Jonah 3:7

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:37 - with their clothes rent Nehemiah 8:9 - all the people Isaiah 37:1 - he rent Amos 2:4 - because Micah 6:9 - and

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 21:17
When God heard the boy crying, the angel of God called out to Hagar from heaven and said, "Hagar, why are you worried? Don't be afraid. I have heard your son crying.

Genesis 22:1
Some years later God decided to test Abraham, so he spoke to him. Abraham answered, "Here I am, Lord ."

Genesis 22:9
when they reached the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and placed the wood on it. Next, he tied up his son and put him on the wood.

Genesis 22:10
He then took the knife and got ready to kill his son.

Genesis 22:12
"Don't hurt the boy or harm him in any way!" the angel said. "Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son."

Genesis 22:16
You were willing to offer the Lord your only son, and so he makes you this solemn promise,

Exodus 3:4
When the Lord saw Moses coming near the bush, he called him by name, and Moses answered, "Here I am."

1 Samuel 3:10
The Lord then stood beside Samuel and called out as he had done before, "Samuel! Samuel!" "I'm listening," Samuel answered. "What do you want me to do?"

Acts 9:4
He fell to the ground and heard a voice that said, "Saul! Saul! Why are you so cruel to me?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law,.... From whence it appears that he had never wrote out a copy of it, as the kings of Israel were ordered to do, when they came to the throne, Deuteronomy 17:18 nor had read it, at least not the whole of it; and yet it seems strange that he should be twenty six years of age, as he now was, and had proceeded far in the reformation of worship, and yet be without the book of the law, and the high priest also; it looks as if it was, as some have thought, that they had till now only some abstracts of the law, and not the whole: and perhaps the reformation hitherto carried on chiefly lay in abolishing idolatry, and not so much in restoring the ordinances of worship to their purity; for it was after this that the ordinance of the passover was ordered to be kept; and when the king observed, on hearing the law read, that it had not been kept as it should, that such severe threatenings were denounced against the transgressors of it;

that he rent his clothes; as expressive of the rending of his heart, and of his humiliation and sorrow for the sins he and his people were guilty of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He rent his clothes - Partly grief and horror, like Reuben Genesis 37:29 and Job Job 1:20, partly in repentance, like Ahab 1 Kings 21:27.