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1 Kings 16:30
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KJ21
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all who were before him.
ASV
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.
AMP
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all [the kings] who were before him.
AMPC
And Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all before him.
BRG
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
CSB
But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than all who were before him.
CSBA
But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than all who were before him.
CEB
and did evil in the Lord’s eyes, more than anyone who preceded him.
CJB
Ach’av the son of ‘Omri did what was evil from Adonai’s perspective, outdoing all his predecessors [in wickedness].
CEV
Ahab did more things to disobey the Lord than any king before him.
DARBY
And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him.
DRA
And Achab the son of Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
ERV
He did what the Lord said was wrong. Ahab was worse than all the kings who were before him.
EASY
Omri's son Ahab did many things that the Lord said were evil. He did more evil things than all the kings of Israel who lived before him.
EHV
Ahab son of Omri committed more evil in the eyes of the Lord than all those who had gone before him.
ESV
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
ESVUK
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
EXB
More than any king before him, Ahab son of Omri did ·many things the Lord said were wrong [L evil in the eyes/sight of the Lord].
GNV
And Ahab the son of Omri did worse in the sight of the Lord than all that were before him.
GW
Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. He was worse than all ⌞the kings⌟ who were before him.
GNT
He sinned against the Lord more than any of his predecessors.
HCSB
But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than all who were before him.
ICB
Ahab did many things that the Lord said were wrong. He did more evil than any of the kings before him.
ISV
Omri’s son Ahab practiced more of what the Lord considered to be evil than anyone who had lived before him.
JUB
And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him,
KJV
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
AKJV
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.
LSB
And Ahab the son of Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh more than all who were before him.
LEB
But Ahab son of Omri did evil in the eyes of Yahweh more than all who were before him.
TLB
But he was even more wicked than his father Omri; he was worse than any other king of Israel!
MSG
Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri was king over Israel for twenty-two years. He ruled from Samaria. Ahab son of Omri did even more open evil before God than anyone yet—a new champion in evil! It wasn’t enough for him to copy the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat; no, he went all out, first by marrying Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then by serving and worshiping the god Baal. He built a temple for Baal in Samaria, and then furnished it with an altar for Baal. Worse, he went on and built a shrine to the sacred whore Asherah. He made the God of Israel angrier than all the previous kings of Israel put together.
MEV
Ahab the son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.
NOG
Ahab, son of Omri, did what Yahweh considered evil. He was worse than all the kings who were before him.
NABRE
Ahab, son of Omri, did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than any of his predecessors.
NASB
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.
NASB1995
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.
NCB
Ahab, the son of Omri, did more evil in the sight of the Lord than any of those who preceded him.
NCV
More than any king before him, Ahab son of Omri did many things the Lord said were wrong.
NET
Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.
NIRV
Ahab, the son of Omri, did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did more evil things than any of the kings who had ruled before him.
NIV
Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.
NIVUK
Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him.
NKJV
Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
NLV
Ahab the son of Omri did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord more than all who were before him.
NLT
But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him.
NRSVA
Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.
NRSVACE
Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.
NRSVCE
Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.
NRSVUE
Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.
OJB
And Ach’av Ben Omri did rah in the eyes of Hashem above all that were before him.
RGT
And Ahab, the son of Omri, did worse in the sight of the LORD than all who were before him.
RSV
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all that were before him.
RSVCE
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all that were before him.
TLV
But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, more than all who were before him.
VOICE
Ahab (Omri’s son) committed evil in the Eternal’s eyes. He was more wicked than all the wicked kings who lived before him.
WEB
Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight above all that were before him.
WYC
And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the Lord, over all men that were before him; (And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil before the Lord, more than all the kings who were before him;)
YLT
and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who [are] before him.
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