Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They have acted corruptly toward Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.

King James Version

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Holman Bible

His people have acted corruptly toward Him;
this is their defect—they are not His children
but a devious and crooked generation.

International Standard Version

But those who are not his children acted corruptly against him; they are a defective and perverted generation.

A Conservative Version

They have dealt corruptly with him. [They are] not his sons, [it is] their blemish, a perverse and crooked generation.

American Standard Version

They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation.

Amplified


“They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him.
They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.

Bible in Basic English

They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.

Darby Translation

They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: A crooked and perverted generation!

Julia Smith Translation

He acted wickedly to him; not his sons their blot: A generation perverted and crooked.

King James 2000

They have corrupted themselves, their blemish is not the blemish of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They [have] behaved corruptly toward him; [they are] not his children; [this is] their flaw, a generation crooked and perverse.

Modern King James verseion

They have corrupted themselves: they are not His sons; it is their blemish; they are a crooked and perverse generation.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The froward and overthwart generation hath marred themselves to himward, and are not his sons for their deformities' sake.

NET Bible

His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children -- this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.

New Heart English Bible

They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.

The Emphasized Bible

They have broken faith with him to be no sons of his - their fault, - A generation twisted and crooked.

Webster

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

World English Bible

They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish. [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

Youngs Literal Translation

It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מוּם מאוּם 
M'uwm 
Usage: 21

is not the spot of his children

Usage: 0

עקּשׁ 
`iqqesh 
Usage: 11

and crooked
פּתלתּל 
P@thaltol 
Usage: 1

Context Readings

Moses' Song

4 He is the Rock! His work is perfect. For all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without evil. He is just and upright. 5 They have acted corruptly toward Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Is this how you repay Jehovah, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father and creator, who made you and formed you?



Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after I die you will become thoroughly corrupt and turn from the way I have commanded you to live. In the days to come disasters will happen to you because you will make Jehovah furious by doing what he considers evil.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe to the sinful nation, people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who are corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah! They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They have turned away from him.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus answered: You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.

Luke 9:41

Jesus answered: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and put up with you? Bring your son to me.

Philippians 2:15

That way you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation. You are seen as lights in the world.

Genesis 6:12

God saw how corrupt the earth had become. All the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

Exodus 32:7

Jehovah said to Moses: Go down there. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

Deuteronomy 4:16

Do not commit the sin of worshiping idols. Do not make idols to be worshiped, whether they are shaped like men, women,

Deuteronomy 9:24

You have rebelled against Jehovah from the day I knew you.

Judges 2:19

When the judge was dead they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers. They followed other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them. They did not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

Psalm 78:8

They should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Hosea 9:9

They have gone deep in depravity as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish their sins.

Zephaniah 3:7

I said, show me respect and receive discipline (instruction) (correction)! That way she would not loose her dwelling. This is according to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

Matthew 3:7

He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism. You offspring of vipers, he said, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 16:4

An evil and false generation is searching after a sign. However, no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. Then he left them.

John 8:41

You do the works of your father. They said: We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God!

Acts 7:51

You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds will be lead away from the simplicity and the purity (cleanness) that is toward Christ.

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