2 Chronicles 33:12

Good News Translation

In his suffering he became humble, turned to the Lord his God, and begged him for help.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Hebrew Names Version
When he was in distress, he begged the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

King James Version
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

English Standard Version
And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

New Century Version
As Manasseh suffered, he begged the Lord his God for help and humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

New English Translation
In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Amplified Bible
But when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

New American Standard Bible
When he was in distress, he appeased the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

World English Bible
When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he was in tribulation, he prayed to the Lorde his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers,

Legacy Standard Bible
And when he was in distress, he entreated Yahweh his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Berean Standard Bible
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

Contemporary English Version
While Manasseh was held captive there, he asked the Lord God to forgive him and to help him.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then, when he was in distress, he began to appease the anger of Adonai , abjectly humbling himself before the God of his ancestors.

Darby Translation
And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Easy-to-Read Version
When these troubles came to him, Manasseh begged for help from the Lord his God. He humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

George Lamsa Translation
But when he was in distress, he prayed before the LORD his God and reverenced greatly the LORD God of his fathers,

Lexham English Bible
And when he was in distress he entreated Yahweh his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors

Literal Translation
And when he was distressed, he sought the face of Jehovah his God, and was humbled exceedingly before the face of the God of his fathers;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he was in trouble, he made intercession before the LORDE his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers,

American Standard Version
And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Bible in Basic English
And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he was in tribulation, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled him selfe exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

King James Version (1611)
And when hee was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himselfe greatly before the God of his fathers,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;

English Revised Version
And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And aftir that he was angwischid, he preiede `his Lord God, and dide penaunce gretli bifor the God of hise fadris.

Update Bible Version
And when he was in distress, he implored Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

New King James Version
Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

New Living Translation
But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the Lord his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

New Life Bible
When Manasseh was in trouble, he prayed to the Lord his God, and put away his pride before the God of his fathers.

New Revised Standard
While he was in distress he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, in his distress, he appeased the face of Yahweh his God, - and humbled himself greatly, before the God of his fathers;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.

Revised Standard Version
And when he was in distress he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Young's Literal Translation
And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ So the Lord let the commanders of the Assyrian army invade Judah. They captured Manasseh, stuck hooks in him, put him in chains, and took him to Babylon. ¹² In his suffering he became humble, turned to the Lord his God, and begged him for help. ¹³ God accepted Manasseh's prayer and answered it by letting him go back to Jerusalem and rule again. This convinced Manasseh that the Lord was God. ¹⁴ After this, Manasseh increased the height of the outer wall on the east side of David's City, from a point in the valley near Gihon Spring north to the Fish Gate and the area of the city called Ophel. He also stationed an army officer in command of a unit of troops in each of the fortified cities of Judah. ¹⁵ He removed from the Temple the foreign gods and the image that he had placed there, and the pagan altars that were on the hill where the Temple stood and in other places in Jerusalem; he took all these things outside the city and threw them away. ¹⁶ He also repaired the altar where the Lord was worshiped, and he sacrificed fellowship offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He commanded all the people of Judah to worship the Lord , the God of Israel. ¹⁷ Although the people continued to offer sacrifices at other places of worship, they offered them only to the Lord . ¹⁸ Everything else that Manasseh did, the prayer he made to his God, and the messages of the prophets who spoke to him in the name of the Lord , the God of Israel, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. ¹⁹ The king's prayer and God's answer to it, and an account of the sins he committed before he repented—the evil he did, the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah that he made and the idols that he worshiped—are all recorded in The History of the Prophets. ²⁰ Manasseh died and was buried at the palace, and his son Amon succeeded him as king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And when: 2 Chronicles 28:22, Leviticus 26:39-42, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 4:31, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 5:15, Micah 6:9, Luke 15:16-18

he besought: 2 Chronicles 33:18, 2 Chronicles 33:19, Psalms 50:15, Acts 9:11

the Lord: 2 Chronicles 28:5

humbled: 2 Chronicles 33:19, 2 Chronicles 33:23, 2 Chronicles 32:26, Exodus 10:3, Luke 18:14, Luke 18:15, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Leviticus 26:43 - and they Deuteronomy 8:2 - to humble Deuteronomy 17:20 - his heart Joshua 7:19 - make 1 Kings 8:47 - Yet if they 2 Kings 13:4 - the Lord 2 Kings 22:19 - humbled 2 Chronicles 6:26 - thou dost 2 Chronicles 7:14 - humble 2 Chronicles 12:6 - humbled 2 Chronicles 12:12 - when 2 Chronicles 15:2 - if ye seek him 2 Chronicles 30:11 - humbled themselves 2 Chronicles 34:27 - humble 2 Chronicles 36:12 - humbled Ezra 8:23 - and he was entreated Job 5:8 - seek Job 8:5 - thou wouldest Job 33:26 - pray Psalms 10:17 - humble Psalms 51:17 - thou Psalms 107:13 - General Psalms 116:4 - called Ecclesiastes 3:1 - every thing Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Isaiah 26:16 - in trouble Isaiah 57:15 - with Jeremiah 13:18 - Humble Jeremiah 36:7 - It may Jeremiah 44:10 - are not Lamentations 3:29 - putteth Lamentations 3:55 - General Ezekiel 18:21 - if the Daniel 4:36 - mine Daniel 4:37 - those that walk Micah 6:8 - walk humbly Matthew 5:3 - the poor Matthew 20:5 - and did Matthew 24:40 - the one Luke 15:18 - will arise Luke 18:13 - a sinner Luke 23:41 - we indeed John 4:10 - thou wouldest Acts 8:22 - pray Acts 9:9 - General Philippians 4:6 - in 1 Timothy 2:8 - pray James 4:6 - giveth grace James 4:7 - Submit James 5:13 - any among

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he was in affliction,.... In prison; however, in fetters; according to the Targum, the Chaldeans made an instrument of brass with holes in it, and put him in it, and fire about it, something like the brasen bull of Perillus; and the above Arabian writer k calls it a tower of brass:

he besought the Lord his God; by prayer and supplication:

and humbled himself greatly before the Lord God of his fathers; confessing his sins, expressing great sorrow and repentance for them.

k Abulph. & Suidas, ib. (Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 33:12. And when he was in affliction — Here is a very large addition in the Chaldee: "For the Chaldeans made a brazen mule, pierced full of small holes, and put him within it, and kindled fires all around it; and when he was in this misery, he sought help of all the idols which he had made, but obtained none, for their were of no use. He therefore repented, and prayed before the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled in the sight of the Lord God of his fathers."