Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.
New American Standard Bible
They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not
King James Version
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
International Standard Version
"Because they've abandoned the covenant of their LORD, the God of their ancestors that he had made with them when he brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshipped other gods whom they had not known and whom he did not assign to them.
A Conservative Version
and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given to them.
American Standard Version
and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:
Amplified
For they went and served other gods and worshiped them, [false] gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted (given) to them.
Bible in Basic English
And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:
Darby Translation
and they went and served other gods, and bowed down to them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not assigned to them.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will go and serve other gods, and will worship to them gods which they knew them not, and a portion not to them.
King James 2000
For they went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods whom they did not know them and he had not allotted to them.
Modern King James verseion
For they went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods whom they did not know, and who had not given to them any portion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they went and served strange gods and worshipped them: gods which they knew not and which had given them nought.
NET Bible
They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.
New Heart English Bible
and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that they did not know, and that he had not given to them:
The Emphasized Bible
and went and served other gods, and bowed down to them, - gods which they had not known, and in which he had given them no share:
Webster
For they went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods which they knew not, and which he had not given to them:
World English Bible
and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that they didn't know, and that he had not given to them:
Youngs Literal Translation
and they go and serve other gods, and bow themselves to them -- gods which they have not known, and which He hath not apportioned to them;
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 29:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abandoning The Covenant
25
Then people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which He had made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
26 They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Judges 2:12-13
and abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoples
Judges 5:8
then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or spear was seen
among 40,000 in Israel.
2 Kings 17:7-18
This disaster happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt
2 Chronicles 36:12-17
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself
Jeremiah 19:3-13
Say: Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 44:2-6
“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities; look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them