2 Kings 8:19 | |
NASB: However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always. (NASB ©1995) GWT: But for David's sake the LORD didn't want to destroy Judah. The LORD had told David that he would always give him and his descendants a [shining] lamp. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children. ASV: Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway. BBE: But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever. DBY: But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons. JPS: Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David His servant's sake, as He promised him to give unto him a lamp and to his children alway. WBS: Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children. WEB: However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always. YLT: and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp -- to his sons all the days. | |
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