Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

New American Standard Bible

Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;

King James Version

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Holman Bible

because they turned aside from following Him
and did not understand any of His ways

International Standard Version

because they've abandoned their pursuit of him and had no respect for any of his ways.

A Conservative Version

because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard in any of his ways,

American Standard Version

Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

Amplified


Because they turned aside from following Him
And would not consider or show regard for any of His ways,

Bible in Basic English

Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

Darby Translation

Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;

Julia Smith Translation

Who therefore turned away from after him, and they consider not all his ways,

King James 2000

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Lexham Expanded Bible

because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways,

Modern King James verseion

because thus they turned from following Him, and they did not consider all His ways;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore turned they back traitorously and unfaithfully from him, and would not receive his ways.

NET Bible

because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

New Heart English Bible

because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't pay attention to any of his ways,

The Emphasized Bible

Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach;

Webster

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

World English Bible

because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't pay attention to any of his ways,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

26 As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders. 27 Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely, 28 To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.



Cross References

1 Samuel 15:11

'I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;' and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.

Psalm 28:5

For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

Isaiah 5:12

And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.

Hebrews 10:39

and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.

Psalm 107:43

Who is wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

Psalm 125:5

As to those turning to their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

Proverbs 1:29-30

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

Isaiah 1:3

An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

Zephaniah 1:6

And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.

Haggai 2:15-19

And now, lay it, I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.

Luke 17:31-32

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

Acts 15:38

and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

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