Parallel Verses
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:
New American Standard Bible
They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not
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.
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 men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Judges 2:12-13
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
Judges 5:8
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
2 Kings 17:7-18
For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
2 Chronicles 36:12-17
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
Jeremiah 19:3-13
And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
Jeremiah 44:2-6
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,