2 Chronicles 15:13
Modern Translations
New International Version
All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

New Living Translation
They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman.

English Standard Version
but that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

Berean Study Bible
And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

New American Standard Bible
and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

NASB 1995
and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

NASB 1977
and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

Amplified Bible
and that whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

Christian Standard Bible
Whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be put to death, young or old, man or woman.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be put to death, young or old, man or woman.

Contemporary English Version
and to put to death anyone who refused to obey him.

Good News Translation
Anyone, young or old, male or female, who did not worship him was to be put to death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All people (young or old, male or female) who refused to dedicate their lives to the LORD God of Israel were to be killed.

International Standard Version
and they further agreed that whoever would refuse to seek the LORD God of Israel was to be executed, whether important or unimportant, man or woman.

NET Bible
Anyone who would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

New King James Version
and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

King James 2000 Bible
That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

New Heart English Bible
and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

World English Bible
and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

American King James Version
That whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

American Standard Version
and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

A Faithful Version
And that whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Darby Bible Translation
and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

English Revised Version
and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Webster's Bible Translation
That whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And whosoeuer will not seeke the Lorde God of Israel, shalbe slaine, whether he were small or great, man or woman.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And whosoeuer woulde not seeke the Lorde God of Israel, shoulde dye for it, whether he were small or great, man or woman.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And who so euer wolde not seke ye LORDE God of Israel, shulde dye, both small & greate, both man and woman:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and everyone who does not seek for YHWH, God of Israel, is put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.

Young's Literal Translation
and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.

Smith's Literal Translation
And every one who will not seek for Jehovah God of Israel shall be put to death, from small and even to great, from man and even to woman.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman.

Catholic Public Domain Version
“But if anyone,” he said, “will not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, let him die, from the least even to the greatest, from man even to woman.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And everyone whoever would not pray before LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, would die, from the little one and unto the great one, and from the men and unto the women.

Lamsa Bible
And that whosoever would not pray to the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
















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