2 Chronicles 12:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, so that they may know the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, that they may know [the difference between] My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

Common English Bible

⁸ Nevertheless, they will be subject to him so that they learn the difference between serving me and serving other nations.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Yet truly, they shall serve him, so that they may know the difference between my servitude, and the servitude of a kingdom of the lands."

2 Chronicles 12:8 Cross References

Isaiah 26:13

O Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but we acknowledge your name alone.

Hosea 8:10

Though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them up. They shall soon writhe under the burden of kings and princes.

Jeremiah 10:24

Correct me, O Lord, but in just measure; not in your anger, or you will bring me to nothing.

Judges 3:1

Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of war in Canaan

Nehemiah 9:36

Here we are, slaves to this day, slaves in the land that you gave to our ancestors to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts.

Judges 3:2

(it was only for successive generations of Israelites, to teach war to those who had no experience of it):

Psalm 106:42

Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.