Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
They will sacrifice to demons, not God; Gods they have not known them New ones came out from the midst; Your fathers not having feared them.
New American Standard Bible
Whom your fathers did not dread.
King James Version
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Holman Bible
to gods they had not known,
new gods that had just arrived,
which your fathers did not fear.
International Standard Version
They sacrificed to demons not to the real God gods whom they didn't know, new neighbors who had recently appeared, whom your ancestors never feared.
A Conservative Version
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they knew not, to new [gods] that came up of late, which your fathers did not dread.
American Standard Version
They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.
Amplified
“They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers never feared.
Bible in Basic English
They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers.
Darby Translation
They sacrificed unto demons who are not +God; To gods whom they knew not, To new ones, who came newly up, Whom your fathers revered not.
King James 2000
They sacrificed unto demons, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came in of late, whom your fathers feared not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They sacrificed to the demons, not God, [to] gods whom they had not known, new [gods] [who] came from recent times; {their ancestors had not known them}.
Modern King James verseion
They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new ones newly come up, whom your fathers did not fear.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They offered unto field-devils and not to God; and to gods which they knew not; and to new gods that came newly up, which their fathers feared not.
NET Bible
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.
New Heart English Bible
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they did not know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers did not dread.
The Emphasized Bible
They sacrificed to mischievous demons to a No-GOD, Gods whom they knew not, - New ones lately come in, Your fathers never shuddered at them!
Webster
They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods which they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
World English Bible
They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, to gods that they didn't know, to new [gods] that came up of late, which your fathers didn't dread.
Youngs Literal Translation
They sacrifice to demons -- no god! Gods they have not known -- New ones -- from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!
Themes
Demons » Confess Christ » Worship of
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » New gods
Images » Other objects of worship » Devils worshipped
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Instances of » Moses, of the israelites
Sacrifices » Offered to false gods, are offered to devils
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Worship of
Worship » Musical instruments used in » Of devils
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Devils worshipped
Topics
Interlinear
Yada`
Qarowb
'ab
References
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Rebellion
16 He will cause him to be jealous with strangers, With abominations they will irritate him. 17 They will sacrifice to demons, not God; Gods they have not known them New ones came out from the midst; Your fathers not having feared them. 18 Thou wilt forsake the Rock begetting thee, And thou wilt forget God setting thee free.
Names
Cross References
Judges 5:8
He will choose new gods; Then war in the gates: If a shield was seen, and a lance, Among forty thousand in Israel
Deuteronomy 28:64
And Jehovah scattered thee among all peoples from the end of the earth even to the end of the earth; and thou servedst there other gods which thou knewest not, thou and thy fathers, wood and stone.
Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to satyrs with whom they committed fornication after them: this shall be to them a law forever to their generations.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They made me jealous with not God; They irritated me with their vanities: And I will make them jealous with not a people; With a foolish nation will I irritate them.
Psalm 106:37-38
And they will sacrifice their sons and their daughters to lords.
Isaiah 44:8
Ye shall not tremble, and ye shall not be afraid: did I not from thence cause thee to hear? and I announced, and ye my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? and no rock; I knew not
Jeremiah 10:15
They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of their reviewing they shall perish.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Concerning food therefore of sacrifices to idols, we know that an idol nothing in the world, and that none other God but one.
1 Corinthians 10:19-20
What do I say therefore? that an idol is any thing? or that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing?
1 Timothy 4:1
And the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall be removed from the faith, holding to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of evil spirits;
Revelation 9:20
And the rest of men who were not killed by these blows, neither repented of the works of their hands, that they should not worship evil spirits, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood: which neither can see, neither hear, neither walk: