Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he displeased the LORD above all that were before him.
New American Standard Bible
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord
King James Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
Holman Bible
But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight more than all who were before him.
International Standard Version
Omri's son Ahab practiced more of what the LORD considered to be evil than anyone who had lived before him.
A Conservative Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of LORD above all who were before him.
American Standard Version
And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.
Amplified
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all [the kings] who were before him.
Bible in Basic English
And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.
Darby Translation
And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him.
Julia Smith Translation
And Ahab son of Omri will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah above all which were before him.
King James 2000
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Ahab son of Omri did evil in the eyes of Yahweh more than all who were before him.
Modern King James verseion
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of Jehovah above all who were before him.
NET Bible
Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.
New Heart English Bible
Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
The Emphasized Bible
And Ahab son of Omri did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, - and did more wickedly than all that were before him.
Webster
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
World English Bible
Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh above all that were before him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who are before him.
Themes
Ahab » King of israel » Idolatry of
Ahab » Facts concerning » Established idolatry
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 16:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Reign Of Ahab In Israel
29 The thirty eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and reigned in Samaria twenty two years. 30 And he displeased the LORD above all that were before him. 31 For it seemed him a light thing to walk in the sin of Jeroboam - But took Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians to wife, and went and served Baal and bowed unto him.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 16:25
And this Omri wrought wickedness in the eyes of the LORD worse than all that were before him,
1 Kings 14:9
but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made the other gods and images of metal, to provoke me, and hast cast me behind thy back.
1 Kings 21:25
For there was none at all like Ahab, that was so utterly given to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, and that because Jezebel his wife pricked him forward.
1 Kings 16:31
For it seemed him a light thing to walk in the sin of Jeroboam - But took Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians to wife, and went and served Baal and bowed unto him.
1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab made a grove, and proceeded further in angering the LORD God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
2 Kings 3:2
And he wrought that was evil in the sight of the LORD: but not like his father or his mother, for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.