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2 Kings 17:12
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KJ21
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, “Ye shall not do this thing.”
ASV
and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
AMP
And they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
AMPC
And they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, You shall not do this thing.
BRG
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
CSB
They served idols, although the Lord had told them, “You must not do this.”
CSBA
They served idols, although the Lord had told them, ‘You must not do this.’
CEB
They worshipped images about which the Lord had said, Don’t do such things!
CJB
moreover, they served idols, something Adonai had expressly told them not to do.
CEV
Even though the Lord had commanded the Israelites not to worship idols, they did it anyway.
DARBY
and they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.
DRA
And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.
ERV
They served idols, and the Lord had said to them, “You must not do this.”
EASY
They refused to obey the Lord's command and they worshipped useless idols.
EHV
They served filthy idols even though the Lord had said to them, “You must not do this.”
ESV
and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
ESVUK
and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
EXB
They served idols when the Lord had said, “You must not do this.”
GNV
And served idols: whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall do no such thing,
GW
They served idols, although the Lord had said, “Never do this.”
GNT
and disobeyed the Lord's command not to worship idols.
HCSB
They served idols, although the Lord had told them, “You must not do this.”
ICB
They served idols. And the Lord had said, “You must not do this.”
ISV
and they served idols, a practice that the Lord had warned them, “You are not to do this.”
JUB
serving idols, of which the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this.
KJV
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
AKJV
for they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
LSB
And they served idols, concerning which Yahweh had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
LEB
They served idols which Yahweh had said to them, “You shall not do this thing!”
TLB
Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.
MSG
The exile came about because of sin: The children of Israel sinned against God, their God, who had delivered them from Egypt and the brutal oppression of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They took up with other gods, fell in with the ways of life of the pagan nations God had chased off, and went along with whatever their kings did. They did all kinds of things on the sly, things offensive to their God, then openly and shamelessly built local sex-and-religion shrines at every available site. They set up their sex-and-religion symbols at practically every crossroads. Everywhere you looked there was smoke from their pagan offerings to the deities—the identical offerings that had gotten the pagan nations off into exile. They had accumulated a long list of evil actions and God was fed up, fed up with their persistent worship of gods carved out of deadwood or shaped out of clay, even though God had plainly said, “Don’t do this—ever!”
MEV
for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
NOG
They served idols, although Yahweh had said, “Never do this.”
NABRE
and served idols, although the Lord had told them: You must not do this.
NASB
They served idols, concerning which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
NASB1995
They served idols, concerning which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
NCB
They served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You are not to do this thing.”
NCV
They served idols when the Lord had said, “You must not do this.”
NET
They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command.
NIRV
They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said, “Do not do that.”
NIV
They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”
NIVUK
They worshipped idols, though the Lord had said, ‘You shall not do this.’
NKJV
for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
NLV
They worshiped false gods, about which the Lord had told them, “You must not do this.”
NLT
Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.
NRSVA
they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, ‘You shall not do this.’
NRSVACE
they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, ‘You shall not do this.’
NRSVCE
they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
NRSVUE
they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
OJB
For they served the gillulim (idols), whereof Hashem had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
RGT
and served idols (of which the LORD had said to them, “You shall do no such thing.”),
RSV
and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
RSVCE
and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
TLV
They worshipped idols, about which Adonai had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
VOICE
They placed themselves in the service of idols—the same ones He had given them instructions about, commanding, “Do not do this. They are evil!”
WEB
and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
WYC
and [they] worshipped [the] uncleannesses, of which the Lord commanded to them, that they should not do this word. (and they worshipped idols, which the Lord had commanded to them, that they should not do this thing.)
YLT
and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;'
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