Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the LORD. New Living Translation As all the men of Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones, wives, and children, English Standard Version Meanwhile all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Berean Standard Bible Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD. King James Bible And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. New King James Version Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the LORD. New American Standard Bible All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives, and their children. NASB 1995 All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives and their children. NASB 1977 And all Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives, and their children. Legacy Standard Bible Now all Judah was standing before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Amplified Bible So all Judah stood before the LORD, with their infants, their wives, and their children. Christian Standard Bible All Judah was standing before the LORD with their dependents, their wives, and their children. Holman Christian Standard Bible All Judah was standing before the LORD with their infants, their wives, and their children. American Standard Version And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Contemporary English Version While every man, woman, and child of Judah was standing there at the temple, English Revised Version And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. GOD'S WORD® Translation All the people from Judah, their infants, wives, and children were standing in front of the LORD. Good News Translation All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple. International Standard Version All of Judah was standing in the LORD's presence, along with their little babies, their wives, and their children. Majority Standard Bible Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD. NET Bible All the men of Judah were standing before the LORD, along with their infants, wives, and children. New Heart English Bible All Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Webster's Bible Translation And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. World English Bible All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd all Judah is standing before YHWH, also their infants, their wives, and their sons. Young's Literal Translation And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons. Smith's Literal Translation And all Judah standing before Jehovah, also their little ones, their wives and their sons. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd all Juda stood before the Lord with their little ones, and their wives, and their children. Catholic Public Domain Version Truly, all of Judah was standing before the Lord with their little ones and wives and children. New American Bible All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. New Revised Standard Version Meanwhile all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd all Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all of the house of Yehuda were standing before LORD JEHOVAH, also their little ones, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Brenton Septuagint Translation And all Juda was standing before the Lord, and their children, and their wives. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jehoshaphat's Prayer…12Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.” 13Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD. Cross References Acts 1:14 With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. Joel 2:15-17 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. / Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. / Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” Matthew 18:20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” Nehemiah 9:1-3 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God. Acts 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. Ezra 8:21-23 And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. / For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.” / So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request. Acts 4:31 After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. 1 Samuel 7:5-6 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.” / When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 1 Kings 8:22-23 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, / and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Psalm 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise. Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” Treasury of Scripture And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. all Judah Deuteronomy 29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, Ezra 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. Jonah 3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. Jump to Previous Children Infants Judah Little Meanwhile Ones Standing Stood Waiting WivesJump to Next Children Infants Judah Little Meanwhile Ones Standing Stood Waiting Wives2 Chronicles 20 1. Jehoshaphat, invaded by Moab, proclaims a fast5. His prayer 14. The prophecy of Jahaziel 20. Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and sets singers to praise the Lord 22. The great overthrow of his enemies 26. The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in triumph 31. Jehoshaphat's reign 35. His convoy of ships, according to the prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perishes. Meanwhile This word sets the scene, indicating a simultaneous action or event. In the context of 2 Chronicles 20, it suggests a moment of anticipation and collective focus. The Hebrew root for "meanwhile" can imply a sense of continuity and connection to the preceding events, where King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah sought divine intervention against their enemies. This word invites readers to consider the ongoing narrative of faith and reliance on God. all the men of Judah with their wives and children and little ones stood before the LORD Before the Lord--i.e., praying with their king. (Comp. the apparent reference to this assembly in Psalm 48:9. "We thought upon Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy Temple." Verse 13. - If the whole narration called for one more touch, it has it in the pathetic, Brief, telling graphicness of this verse. Their little ones. The familiar Hebrew word (טַפָם) is expressive of the quick, tripping step of the young and of women. Gesenius would regard it in this passage as designating the whole family as distinguished from the head of it, and as amplified by "wives" and "children" instanced afterward, quoting the very insufficient support of Genesis 47:12. Our text occurs again in 2 Chronicles 31:18.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Meanwhile all [the men]וְכָ֨ל־ (wə·ḵōl-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of Judah, יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites with גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and their wives נְשֵׁיהֶ֥ם (nə·šê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female and children וּבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (ū·ḇə·nê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son and little ones, טַפָּ֖ם (ṭap·pām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2945: A family were standing עֹמְדִ֖ים (‘ō·mə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the LORD. יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links 2 Chronicles 20:13 NIV2 Chronicles 20:13 NLT 2 Chronicles 20:13 ESV 2 Chronicles 20:13 NASB 2 Chronicles 20:13 KJV 2 Chronicles 20:13 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 20:13 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 20:13 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 20:13 French Bible 2 Chronicles 20:13 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 20:13 All Judah stood before Yahweh with their (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |