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2 Chronicles 12:6

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

KJV

Consternatique principes Israël et rex, dixerunt : Justus est Dominus.

Vulgate

καὶ ᾐσχύνθησαν οἱ ἄρχοντες Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ εἶπαν Δίκαιος ὁ κύριος.

LXX

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

ASV

וַ/יִּכָּנְע֥וּ שָׂרֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְ/הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ צַדִּ֥יק יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 36×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
  • 2Chr 12:12 — And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
  • 2Chr 21:2 — And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
  • Dan 9:14 — Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
  • Exod 9:27 — And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
  • Exod 9:27 — And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
  • Jer 18:8 — If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
  • Lev 26:41 — And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their ini