Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;

King James Version

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Holman Bible

because they turned aside from following Him
and did not understand any of His ways

International Standard Version

because they've abandoned their pursuit of him and had no respect for any of his ways.

A Conservative Version

because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard in any of his ways,

American Standard Version

Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

Amplified


Because they turned aside from following Him
And would not consider or show regard for any of His ways,

Bible in Basic English

Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

Darby Translation

Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;

Julia Smith Translation

Who therefore turned away from after him, and they consider not all his ways,

King James 2000

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Lexham Expanded Bible

because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways,

Modern King James verseion

because thus they turned from following Him, and they did not consider all His ways;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore turned they back traitorously and unfaithfully from him, and would not receive his ways.

NET Bible

because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

New Heart English Bible

because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't pay attention to any of his ways,

The Emphasized Bible

Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach;

Webster

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

World English Bible

because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't pay attention to any of his ways,

Youngs Literal Translation

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

26 In return for their evil, he strikes them in public. 27 Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;
28 They forced the poor to cry out to him, and he hears the cry of those who suffer.

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:11

I am sorry that I made Saul king. He has turned away from me and disobeyed my commands. Samuel was angry. All night long he pleaded with Jehovah.

Psalm 28:5

Jehovah will tear them down and never build them up again. This is because they never consider what he has done or what his hands have made.

Isaiah 5:12

At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done.

Hebrews 10:39

We are not people who turn back and are destroyed. Instead, we have faith and are saved.

Psalm 107:43

Let those who think they are wise pay attention to these things so they will understand the loving kindness of Jehovah.

Psalm 125:5

Jehovah will lead those who turn away from their crooked ways with the workers of iniquity. Israel will have peace.

Proverbs 1:29-30

You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah.

Isaiah 1:3

The bull knows its owner, and donkey knows where its master feeds it. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand!

Zephaniah 1:6

The same for those who have turned back from following Jehovah, and those who have not sought Jehovah or inquired of Him.

Haggai 2:15-19

Can you see what has happened to you, Jehovah asked, before you started to rebuild the Temple?

Luke 17:31-32

A man will be on the housetop. He should not go down into the house to take his possessions. He that is in the field should likewise not return to the house.

Acts 15:38

Paul did not think it a good idea to take him with them. So he left them at Pamphylia.

2 Timothy 4:10

For Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

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