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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 15:6

One nation oppressed another nation, and one city oppressed another city, because God was bringing trouble and distress on them.

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.
Contemporary English Version
Nations were destroying each other, and cities were wiping out other cities, because God was causing trouble and unrest everywhere.
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,
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 The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded, 2 and he went to meet King Asa. He called out, "Listen to me, King Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you look for him, he will let you find him, but if you turn away, he will abandon you. 3 For a long time Israel lived without the true God, without priests to teach them, and without a law. 4 But when trouble came, they turned to the Lord , the God of Israel. They searched for him and found him. 5 In those days no one could come and go in safety, because there was trouble and disorder in every land. 6 One nation oppressed another nation, and one city oppressed another city, because God was bringing trouble and distress on them. 7 But you must be strong and not be discouraged. The work that you do will be rewarded."

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 given me no children, and one of my slaves will inherit my property."
Genesis 15:6
Abram put his trust in the Lord , and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.
Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.
Genesis 15:20
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
Psalms 106:31
This has been remembered in his favor ever since and will be for all time to come.
Romans 4:9
Does this happiness that David spoke of belong only to those who are circumcised? No indeed! It belongs also to those who are not circumcised. For we have quoted the scripture, "Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous."
Romans 4:11
He was circumcised later, and his circumcision was a sign to show that because of his faith God had accepted him as righteous before he had been circumcised. And so Abraham is the spiritual father of all who believe in God and are accepted as righteous by him, even though they are not circumcised.
2 Corinthians 5:19
Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.
Hebrews 11:8
It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going.

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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