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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.
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:
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.
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 And men shall say, 'Because they left the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers which he made with them, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 26 And they went and served strange gods and worshipped them: gods which they knew not and which had given them nought. 27 And therefore the wrath of the LORD waxed hot upon that 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 nations from the one end of the world unto the other, and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known: even wood and stone.
Judges 2:12-13
and forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed strange gods, even of the gods of the nations that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and angered the LORD.
Judges 5:8
"God chose new fashions of war, for when they had war at their gates: there was not seen, among forty thousand, either shield or spear in Israel.
2 Kings 17:7-18
For the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God which brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and feared other gods.
2 Chronicles 36:12-17
And he did that displeased the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet at the mouth of the LORD.
Jeremiah 19:3-13
and say thus unto them: 'Hear the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and ye citizens of Jerusalem! Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring such a plague upon this place, that the ears of all that hear it, shall glow.
Jeremiah 44:2-6
Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel, "Ye have seen all the misery that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; so that this day they are desolate, and no man dwelling therein: