2 Chronicles 18:32
Modern Translations
New International Version
for when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

New Living Translation
As soon as the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they stopped chasing him.

English Standard Version
For as soon as the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Berean Study Bible
And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

New American Standard Bible
When the commanders of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

NASB 1995
When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

NASB 1977
Then it happened when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

Amplified Bible
When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Christian Standard Bible
When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Contemporary English Version
And when they realized he wasn't Ahab, they left him alone.

Good News Translation
The chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, so they stopped pursuing him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and the chariot commanders realized that Jehoshaphat wasn't the king of Israel. Then they turned away from him.

International Standard Version
When the chariot commanders saw that their target was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

NET Bible
When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

New King James Version
For so it was, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

King James 2000 Bible
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

New Heart English Bible
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

World English Bible
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

American King James Version
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

A Faithful Version
For it came to pass when the commanders of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass that when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

Webster's Bible Translation
For it came to pass, that when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For when the captaines of the charets saw that hee was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For it came to passe, that when the captaynes of the charets perceaued that it was not the king of Israel, they turned backe againe from him.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
for whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not ye kynge of Israel, they turned back from him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
indeed, it comes to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it has not been the king of Israel—they turn back from after him.

Young's Literal Translation
yea, it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it hath not been the king of Israel -- they turn back from after him.

Smith's Literal Translation
And it will be in the chiefs of the chariots seeing that he was not the king of Israel, and they will turn back from after him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For when the captains of the cavalry saw, that he was not the king of Israel, they left him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For when the commanders of the horsemen had seen that he was not the king of Israel, they left him.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And it was that when the Commanders of the chariots saw Yehoshaphat, that he was not the King of Israel, they turned themselves from behind him.

Lamsa Bible
And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned away from him.
















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