Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 wise person who understands this, and to whom has the LORD spoken so that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, ruined like the desert, without anyone passing through it? 13 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. 14 Instead, they followed their rebellious hearts and the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."

Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:19

"But if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have given you, and if you walk away to serve other gods and worship them,

Jeremiah 22:9

Then people will respond, "It is because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have bowed down to other gods and served them.'

Deuteronomy 31:16-17

Then the LORD told Moses, "Look! You are about to join your ancestors. Afterwards, this people will rebel and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.

Ezra 9:10

Now, our God, what can we say besides this? Because we have abandoned your commandments

Psalm 89:30-32

"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,

Psalm 119:53

I burn with indignation because of the wicked who forsake your instruction.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked, but whoever keeps it fights them.

Zephaniah 3:1-6

Woe to this filthy, polluted, and oppressive city!

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