2 Chronicles 12:8 Parallel Translations

But they will become his servants so that they can learn the difference between serving me and serving foreign kings."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

ASV:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

BBE:

But still they will become his servants, so that they may see how different my yoke is from the yoke of the kingdoms of the lands.

DBY:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

ERV:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

JPS:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.'

WBS:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

WEB:

Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

YLT:

but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'

2 Chronicles 12:8 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 28:47 "Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;

Deuteronomy 28:48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my {e} service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
(e) He shows that God's punishments are not to utterly destroy his, but to chastise them, to bring them to the knowledge of themselves, and to know how much better it is to serve God than tyrants.

WES:

12:8 May know - That they may experimentally know the difference between my yoke and the yoke of a foreign and idolatrous prince.

MHC:

12:1-16 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished. - When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very common, but very lamentable, that men, who in distress or danger, or near death, seem much engaged in seeking and serving God, throw aside all their religion when they have received a merciful deliverance. God quickly brought troubles upon Judah, to awaken the people to repentance, before their hearts were hardened. Thus it becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of Providence, to justify God, and to judge ourselves. If we have humbled hearts under humbling providences, the affliction has done its work; it shall be removed, or the property of it be altered. The more God's service is compared with other services, the more reasonable and easy it will appear. Are the laws of temperance thought hard? The effects of intemperance will be found much harder. The service of God is perfect liberty; the service of our lusts is complete slavery. Rehoboam was never rightly fixed in his religion. He never quite cast off God; yet he engaged not his heart to seek the Lord. See what his fault was; he did not serve the Lord, because he did not seek the Lord. He did not pray, as Solomon, for wisdom and grace; he did not consult the word of God, did not seek to that as his oracle, nor follow its directions. He made nothing of his religion, because he did not set his heart to it, nor ever came up to a steady resolution in it. He did evil, because he never was determined for good.

CONC:

Countries Difference Different Kingdoms Kings Lands Learn Nevertheless Servants Service Serving Slaves Subject Yoke

Countries Difference Different However Kingdoms Kings Learn Nevertheless Servants Service Serving Slaves Subject Yoke

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