Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them:

New American Standard Bible

And served their idols,
Which became a snare to them.

King James Version

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

Holman Bible

They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.

International Standard Version

They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them.

A Conservative Version

and served their idols, which became a snare to them.

American Standard Version

And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

Amplified


And served their idols,
Which became a [dreadful] snare to them.

Darby Translation

And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

Julia Smith Translation

And they will serve their images, and they will be for a snare to them.

King James 2000

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

and served their idols, which became a snare to them.

Modern King James verseion

And they served their idols, which were a snare to them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay.

NET Bible

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

New Heart English Bible

They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare:

Webster

And they served their idols: which were a snare to them.

World English Bible

They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

Youngs Literal Translation

And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And they served
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

עצב 
`atsab 
Usage: 17

מקשׁ מוקשׁ 
Mowqesh 
Usage: 27

Verse Info

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History

35 But they were joined to the nations, learning their works. 36 And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them: 37 They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,


Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:16

And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

Exodus 23:33

Let them not go on living in your land, or they will make you do evil against me: for if you give worship to their gods, it will certainly be a cause of sin to you.

Judges 2:3

And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and their gods will be a cause of falling to you.

Exodus 34:15-16

So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

Joshua 23:13

Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

Judges 2:12-15

And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath.

Judges 2:17

But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.

Judges 2:19

But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

Judges 3:5-7

Now the children of Israel were living among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

Judges 10:6

And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the Lord and were servants to him no longer.

2 Kings 17:8-11

Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

2 Kings 17:16-17

And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

2 Chronicles 33:2-9

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

Psalm 78:58

They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

Ezekiel 16:15-63

But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be.

Ezekiel 20:28-32

For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.

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