2 Chronicles 27:6
What does 2 Chronicles 27:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 27:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Joatham was strengthened, because he had his way directed before the Lord his God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah hisGod.
Context
v.5He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.
v.6This passage
v.7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.
- 2 Chronicles 26:5
And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.