Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And they will forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten thing, two Calves; and they will make images, and they will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve Baal.
New American Standard Bible
They forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves molten images, even
King James Version
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Holman Bible
They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images
International Standard Version
They abandoned all of the commands given by the LORD their God, crafted for themselves cast images of two calves, constructed an Asherah, worshipped all of the stars in heaven, and served Baal.
A Conservative Version
And they forsook all the commandments of LORD their God, and made for them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
American Standard Version
And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Amplified
They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast images of two calves; and they made an Asherah [idol] and worshiped all the [starry] host of heaven and served Baal.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;
King James 2000
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an idol pole and worshiped all the army of heaven, and served Baal.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They abandoned all the commands of Yahweh their God and made for themselves two molten calf-shaped idols; they made a pole of Asherah worship and bowed down to the army of the heavens and served Baal.
Modern King James verseion
And they left all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made molten images, two calves, for themselves. And they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But they left the commandments of the LORD their God and made them Images of metal, even two calves: and made groves and bowed themselves unto all the Host of heaven, and served Baal.
NET Bible
They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.
New Heart English Bible
They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
The Emphasized Bible
But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten - two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal;
Webster
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
World English Bible
They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,
Themes
Assyria » Israelites carried captive into
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » By the kingdom of israel
Fear » The reward for fearing other gods
Following » The reward for following vanity
Groves » Worshiped by israelites
Groves » For idol worship planted » By israelites
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Captivity of israel on account of
Images » Other objects of worship » The golden calves of jeroboam, set up in dan and bethel
Judgments » Delivered » Into the hands of the assyrians
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » In permitting baal-worship
Unbelief » The reward for not believing the lord
Vanity » The reward for following vanity
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » The golden calves of jeroboam, set up in dan and bethel
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » The golden calves of jeroboam, set up in dan and bethel
Topics
Interlinear
`azab
'elohiym
do, make, wrought, deal, commit, offer, execute, keep, shew, prepare, work, do so, perform, get, dress, maker, maintain,
Usage: 0
Sh@nayim
Tsaba'
References
American
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 17:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Deported To Assyria And The Reasons It Fell
15 And they will reject his laws and his covenant which he cut out with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified in them; and they will go after vanity, and they will be vain, and after the nations which were round about them which Jehovah commanded them not to do as they. 16 And they will forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten thing, two Calves; and they will make images, and they will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve Baal. 17 And they will cause their sons and their daughters to pass through in fire, and divine divinations and enchantments, and they will be sold to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah to Irritate him.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:28
And the king will consult and make two calves of gold, and he will say to them, Much for you going up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
1 Kings 14:15
And Jehovah smote Israel as a reed will be shaken in the water, and he plucked up Israel from this good land which he gave to their fathers, and he scattered them from beyond the river, because they made their images, irritating Jehovah.
1 Kings 14:23
And they will also build to them heights and statues, and pillars, upon every high hill, and, under every green tree.
1 Kings 16:31
And it will be light for him to go in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and he will take a wife, Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and he will go and serve Baal and worship to him.
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou shalt lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of the heavens, and thou wert driven and didst worship to them, and didst serve them, which Jehovah thy God divided them out to all the peoples under all the heavens.
1 Kings 15:13
And also Maachah, his mother, he will turn aside from being mistress, because she made terror to a statue; and Asa will cut off her terror, and burn by the torrent Kidron.
1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab will make a statue; and Ahab will add to do to irritate Jehovah the God of Israel above all the kings of Israel which were before him.
1 Kings 22:53
For he will serve Baal and worship to him, and he will irritate Jehovah the God of Israel according to all which his father did.
2 Kings 11:18
And all the people of the land will go into the house of Baal, and lay it waste; his altars and his images they brake in pieces diligently, and Mattan, priest of Baal, they slew before the altars. And the priest will set overseers over the house of Jehovah.
2 Kings 21:3
And he will turn back and build the heights which Hezekiah his father destroyed; and he will raise up altars to Baal, and make a statue as did Ahab king of Israel; and he will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve' them.
Exodus 32:4
And he will take from their hand, and will form it with a graver, and he will make it a molten calf: and they will say, These thy gods, Israel, who brought thee up from the land of Egypt
Exodus 32:8
For they turned aside quickly from the way which I commanded them: they made for them a molten calf, and worship to it, and will sacrifice to it, and will say, These thy gods, Israel, which raised thee up out of the land of Egypt
2 Kings 10:18-28
And Jehu will gather together all the people, and say to them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.
2 Kings 17:10
And they will set to them statues and images upon every high hill, and under every green tree.
Psalm 106:18-20
And a fire will be kindled in their assembly; the flame will burn up the unjust
Isaiah 44:9-10
They forming a carved image all of them emptiness; and their delights shall not profit, and they are their witnesses; they will not see and they will not know, so that they shall be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:2
And they spread them to the sun and to the moon, and to all the army of the heavens which they loved, and which they served, and which they, went after, and which they sought and which they worshiped to them: they shall not be gathered and they shall not be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.