Parallel Verses
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.
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 will say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
26 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
Jehovah will scatter you among all the people of the world. He will scatter you from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve gods made of wood and stone that neither you nor your ancestors ever knew.
Judges 2:12-13
They forsook Jehovah God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them. They bowed to them and provoked Jehovah to anger.
Judges 5:8
There was war in the land when the Israelites chose new gods. Of the forty thousand men in Israel, did anyone carry shield or spear?
2 Kings 17:7-18
The wrath (intense anger) of Jehovah came on Israel because they had done evil against Jehovah their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshipped other gods.
2 Chronicles 36:12-17
He did what Jehovah his God considered evil. He did not humble himself in front of the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke Jehovah's word.
Jeremiah 19:3-13
Say: Hear the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, 'Behold I am about to bring adversity upon this place. The ears of everyone who hears of it will quiver with fear.
Jeremiah 44:2-6
Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: 'You have seen the destruction I brought on Jerusalem and all the other cities of Judah. Even now they are still in ruins, and no one lives in them.