Parallel Verses

King James 2000

A people that provoke me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon altars of brick;

New American Standard Bible

A people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks;

King James Version

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

Holman Bible

These people continually provoke Me
to My face,
sacrificing in gardens,
burning incense on bricks,

International Standard Version

a people who continually provoke me to my face; they keep sacrificing in gardens and waving their hands over stone altars;

A Conservative Version

a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks,

American Standard Version

a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;

Amplified


The people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Sacrificing [to idols] in gardens and making offerings with incense on bricks [instead of at the designated altar];

Bible in Basic English

A people who make me angry every day, making offerings in gardens, and burning perfumes on bricks.

Darby Translation

the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;

Julia Smith Translation

The people irritating me to my face continually; sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;

Lexham Expanded Bible

the people {who provoke} me to anger continually to my face, slaughtering for sacrifices in the garden, and making smoke offerings on bricks,

Modern King James verseion

a people who without ceasing provoke Me to anger to My face; who sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense on the bricks;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

To a people that is ever defying me to my face. They make their oblations in gardens, and their smoke upon altars of brick;

NET Bible

These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

New Heart English Bible

a people who provoke me to my face continually as they sacrifice in gardens and burn incense on bricks;

The Emphasized Bible

The people who are provoking me to anger to my face continually, - Sacrificing in gardens, and Burning incense upon bricks;

Webster

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

World English Bible

a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;

Youngs Literal Translation

The people who are provoking Me to anger, To My face continually, Sacrificing in gardens, and making perfume on the bricks:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 55

to my face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

זבח 
Zabach 
Usage: 134

in gardens
גּנּה 
Gannah 
Usage: 12

קטר 
Qatar 
Usage: 116

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Judgment And Salvation

2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; 3  A people that provoke me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon altars of brick; 4 Who remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Cross References

Isaiah 1:29

For you shall be ashamed of the sacred oaks which you have desired, and you shall be embarrassed for the gardens that you have chosen.

Job 1:11

But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.

Isaiah 66:17

They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, says the LORD.

Job 2:5

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their deeds are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Exodus 20:24-25

An altar of earth you shall make for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto you, and I will bless you.

Exodus 30:1-10

And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shall you make it.

Leviticus 17:5

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of meeting, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:16-19

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

2 Kings 17:14-17

Nevertheless they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

2 Kings 22:17

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

Psalm 78:40

How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Psalm 78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Jeremiah 3:6

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she has gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.

Jeremiah 32:30-35

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says the LORD.

Ezekiel 8:17-18

Then he said unto me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Ezekiel 20:28

For when I had brought them into the land, for I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet aroma, and poured out there their drink offerings.

Matthew 23:32-36

Fill you up then the measure of your fathers.

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