King James Version

2 Chronicles 15:3

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

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וְיָמִ֥יםveyamimand as long asיוֹםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…רַבִּ֖יםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לleyisraelto Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.לְלֹ֣אleloto no , -r,לֹאpreposition, particle, negative — “to no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אֱלֹהֵ֣יeloheGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.אֱמֶ֗תemetassuredאֶמֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “assured”, the ordinary formH571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessassured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.וּלְלֹ֛אuleloand to no , -r,לֹאconjunction, preposition, particle, negative — “and to no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…כֹּהֵ֥ןkohenpriestכֹּהֵןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.מוֹרֶ֖הmorehshootיָרָהverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “shoot”, a verb used as a describing wordH3384properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.וּלְלֹ֥אuleloand to no , -r,לֹאconjunction, preposition, particle, negative — “and to no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תוֹרָֽהtorahlawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

Young’s Literal Translation

and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

World English Bible

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.

Darby Translation

Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

Douay-Rheims

And many days shall pass in Israel without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Israel has been a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound the truth , and without the law.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἡμέραι πολλαὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν οὐ Θεῷ ἀληθινῷ, καὶ οὐχ ἱερέως ὑποδεικνῦντος, καὶ ἐν οὐ νόμῳ.