English Language Versions
KJV And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
KJVP And it came to pass, H1961 while H4480 H3117 the ark H727 abode H3427 in Kirjath- H7157 jearim , that the time H3117 was long; H7235 for it was H1961 twenty H6242 years: H8141 and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 lamented H5091 after H310 the LORD. H3068
YLT And it cometh to pass, from the day of the dwelling of the ark in Kirjath-Jearim, that the days are multiplied -- yea, they are twenty years -- and wail do all the house of Israel after Jehovah.
ASV And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.
WEB It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
RV And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
NET It was quite a long time— some twenty years in all— that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the LORD.
ERVEN The Box stayed there at Kiriath Jearim for a long time. Twenty years passed while the Holy Box was in Kiriath Jearim, and the Israelites began to follow the Lord again.