Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

New American Standard Bible

The Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

King James Version

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

Holman Bible

The Lord said, “It is because they abandoned My instruction that I set in front of them and did not obey My voice or walk according to it.

International Standard Version

The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn't obey me and didn't live according to it.

A Conservative Version

And LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it,

American Standard Version

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

Amplified

The Lord said, “Because they have turned away from My law which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice nor walked in accordance with it,

Darby Translation

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah will say, For their forsaking my law which I gave before their face, and they heard not to my voice, and they went not in it.

King James 2000

And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it;

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Yahweh said, "Because of their forsaking my law that I set {before} them, and they have not obeyed my voice, and have not walked in it,

Modern King James verseion

And Jehovah says, Because they have forsaken My Law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, and have not walked in it,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea the LORD himself told the same unto them, that forsook his law, and kept not the thing that he gave them in commandment, neither lived thereafter:

NET Bible

The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

The Emphasized Bible

Then said Yahweh, - Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, - And have not hearkened to hay voice neither walked therein;

Webster

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

World English Bible

Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

my law
תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

my voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

Context Readings

Judah's Failures

12 Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through? 13 And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it; 14 But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.



Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

Jeremiah 22:9

And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:16-17

And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.

Ezra 9:10

And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

Psalm 89:30-32

If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

Psalm 119:53

I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Zephaniah 3:1-6

Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

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