Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

New American Standard Bible

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

King James Version

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Holman Bible

So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the Lord, and He became weary of Israel’s misery.

International Standard Version

When they put away their foreign gods and served the LORD, he brought Israel's misery to an end.

A Conservative Version

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served LORD. And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

American Standard Version

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Amplified

So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

Bible in Basic English

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

Darby Translation

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will remove the strange gods from the midst of them, and they will serve Jehovah: and his soul will be shortened for the labor of Israel.

King James 2000

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served Yahweh; and {he could no longer bear} the misery of Israel.

Modern King James verseion

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah. And His soul was moved by the misery of Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And they put away the strange gods from them and served the LORD. And the misery of Israel grieved his soul.

NET Bible

They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

New Heart English Bible

They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh, - and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel.

Webster

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

World English Bible

They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Interlinear

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

the strange
נכר 
Nekar 
Usage: 36

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

them, and served
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

the Lord

Usage: 0

and his soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

References

Context Readings

Israel's Affliction By The Philistines And Ammonites

15 And the sons of Israel say unto Jehovah, 'We have sinned, do Thou to us according to all that is good in Thine eyes; only deliver us, we pray Thee, this day.' 16 And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel. 17 And the Bene-Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah.



Cross References

Isaiah 63:9

In all their distress He is no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.

Psalm 106:44-45

And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

Genesis 6:6

and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth -- the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.

Joshua 24:23

and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

2 Chronicles 7:14

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 15:8

And at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that is before the porch of Jehovah,

2 Chronicles 33:15

And he turneth aside the gods of the stranger, and the idol, out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem, and casteth them to the outside of the city.

Jeremiah 18:7-8

The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,

Jeremiah 31:20

A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 18:30-32

Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,

Hosea 11:8

How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

Hosea 14:1-3

Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.

Hosea 14:8

O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I -- I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: 'I am as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.

Luke 15:20

'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

Luke 19:41

And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

John 11:34

'Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, 'Sir, come and see;'

Ephesians 4:32

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Hebrews 3:10

wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, Always do they go astray in heart, and these have not known My ways;

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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