2 Chronicles 12:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.””
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“Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 12:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
- Deuteronomy 28:48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Judges 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
- Judges 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
- Nehemiah 9:36So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!
- Psalms 106:42Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
- Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.
- Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- Hosea 8:10Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
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