1 Kings 22:47 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king.
English ASV
And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
English Amplified
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was acting king.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was acting king.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
There was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And the remainder of the sodomites, which were left in the days of his father Asa, he put away from out of the land.
English EASY 2024
At this time there was no king who ruled Edom. Their ruler was an officer that King Jehoshaphat had chosen.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
In those days Edom did not have a king; it was ruled by a governor who was chosen by the king of Judah.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
The land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a deputy appointed by the king of Judah.
English God's Word - GW 1995
There was no king in Edom; instead, a deputy ruled.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
There was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
English KJV 1611
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
English LSB
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
At that time there was no king in Edom, and a regent sat in the king’s place.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
He removed from the land the rest of the cult prostitutes who had remained in the reign of his father Asa.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
At that time Edom didn't have a king. An appointed official was in charge.
English NIV
There was then no king in Edom; a deputy ruled.
English NKJ 1982
There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.
English NLT
There was no king in Edom at that time, only a deputy.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
(There was no king in Edom at that time, only a deputy.)
English Tyndale 1537
There was then no king in Edom, the king was but a deputy.(debite)