Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who are before him,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
Holman Bible
Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he did more evil than all who were before him.
International Standard Version
Omri practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, doing far more evil than anyone who had reigned before him.
A Conservative Version
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
American Standard Version
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.
Amplified
But Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted more wickedly than all who came before him.
Bible in Basic English
And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,
Darby Translation
And Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did worse than all that were before him.
Julia Smith Translation
And Omri will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and he will be evil above all who were before him.
King James 2000
But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Omri did evil in the eyes of Yahweh more than all who were before him.
Modern King James verseion
And Omri did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and did worse than all who were before him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And this Omri wrought wickedness in the eyes of the LORD worse than all that were before him,
NET Bible
Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.
New Heart English Bible
Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
The Emphasized Bible
And Omri did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, - and did more wickedly than all who were before him;
Webster
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
World English Bible
Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Omri
Omri » King of israel » Wicked reign and death of
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Omri, walking in the ways of jeroboam
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 16:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's King Omri
24 and he buyeth the mount Samaria from Shemer, with two talents of silver, and buildeth on the mount, and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill -- Samaria. 25 And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who are before him, 26 and walketh in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities.
Phrases
Cross References
Micah 6:16
And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!
1 Kings 14:9
and thou dost evil above all who have been before thee, and goest, and makest to thee other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and Me thou hast cast behind thy back:
1 Kings 16:30-31
and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who are before him.
1 Kings 16:33
and Ahab maketh the shrine, and Ahab addeth to do so as to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, above all the kings of Israel who have been before him.