Parallel Verses

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.

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;

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,

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;

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 man wise enough to understand this? Who has the Lord spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through? 13 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. 14 Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed after the Baals as their fathers taught them.”



Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:19

However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

Jeremiah 22:9

They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped and served other gods.’”

Deuteronomy 31:16-17

The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon commit adultery with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

Ezra 9:10

Now, our God, what can we say in light of this? For we have abandoned the commands

Psalm 89:30-32

If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,

Psalm 119:53

Rage seizes me because of the wicked
who reject Your instruction.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

Zephaniah 3:1-6

Woe to the city that is rebellious and defiled,
the oppressive city!

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