2 Kings 17:33

They feared the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the practice of the nations from which they had been deported. They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. They feared the Lord , and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. The people honored the Lord but also served their own gods, just as the nations did from which they had been brought. They were worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported. They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods, following the custom of the nations from among whom they had been sent into exile. They feared the LORD, yet they were serving their own gods in accordance with the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken into exile. They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. They feared the Lord, but serued their gods after the maner of the nations whome they caryed thence. They were fearing Yahweh and serving their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken away into exile. They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. They both feared Adonai and served their own gods in the manner customary among the nations from which they had been taken away. They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away. They respected the Lord but also served their own gods, just as they did in their own countries. They worshipped the LORD and served their own gods after the manner of the nations. So the children of Israel were carried away out of their land So they worshiped the Lord , but they also worshiped their own gods according to the customs of the countries from which they had come. Yahweh they were fearing, but their gods they were serving, according to the customs of the nations from which they were deported. They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from where they exiled them. thus they feared ye LORDE, & serued ye goddes also, acordinge to ye custome of euery nacion, from whence they were broughte. They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners. And so they feared the Lord, and serued their owne gods, after the maner of the people whom they caryed thence. They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. They feared the Lord, and serued their owne gods, after the maner of the nations whom they caried away from thence. And they feared the Lord, and served their gods according to the manner of the nations, whence their lords brought them. They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. And whanne thei worschipiden God, thei serueden also her goddis, bi the custom of hethene men, fro whiche thei weren translatid to Samarie; Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them. They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods--according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away. And though they worshiped the Lord , they continued to follow their own gods according to the religious customs of the nations from which they came. So the people feared the Lord, but they worshiped their own gods also. They followed the way of the nations from which they had been taken away. So they worshiped the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. Yahweh, were they revering, - and yet, their own gods, were they serving, according to the custom of the nations from whence they had brought them away captive. And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria: So they feared the LORD but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. They are fearing YHWH, and they are serving their gods, according to the custom of the nations from where they removed them. They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They feared the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the practice of the nations from which they had been deported.

Hebrew Names Version
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

King James Version
They feared the Lord , and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

English Standard Version
So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

New Century Version
The people honored the Lord but also served their own gods, just as the nations did from which they had been brought.

New English Translation
They were worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

Amplified Bible
They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods, following the custom of the nations from among whom they had been sent into exile.

New American Standard Bible
They feared the LORD, yet they were serving their own gods in accordance with the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken into exile.

World English Bible
They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They feared the Lord, but serued their gods after the maner of the nations whome they caryed thence.

Legacy Standard Bible
They were fearing Yahweh and serving their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken away into exile.

Berean Standard Bible
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

Complete Jewish Bible
They both feared Adonai and served their own gods in the manner customary among the nations from which they had been taken away.

Darby Translation
They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.

Easy-to-Read Version
They respected the Lord but also served their own gods, just as they did in their own countries.

George Lamsa Translation
They worshipped the LORD and served their own gods after the manner of the nations. So the children of Israel were carried away out of their land

Good News Translation
So they worshiped the Lord , but they also worshiped their own gods according to the customs of the countries from which they had come.

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh they were fearing, but their gods they were serving, according to the customs of the nations from which they were deported.

Literal Translation
They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from where they exiled them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
thus they feared ye LORDE, & serued ye goddes also, acordinge to ye custome of euery nacion, from whence they were broughte.

American Standard Version
They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

Bible in Basic English
They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so they feared the Lord, and serued their owne gods, after the maner of the people whom they caryed thence.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

King James Version (1611)
They feared the Lord, and serued their owne gods, after the maner of the nations whom they caried away from thence.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they feared the Lord, and served their gods according to the manner of the nations, whence their lords brought them.

English Revised Version
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei worschipiden God, thei serueden also her goddis, bi the custom of hethene men, fro whiche thei weren translatid to Samarie;

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

Update Bible Version
They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

Webster's Bible Translation
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

New King James Version
They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods--according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.

New Living Translation
And though they worshiped the Lord , they continued to follow their own gods according to the religious customs of the nations from which they came.

New Life Bible
So the people feared the Lord, but they worshiped their own gods also. They followed the way of the nations from which they had been taken away.

New Revised Standard
So they worshiped the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, were they revering, - and yet, their own gods, were they serving, according to the custom of the nations from whence they had brought them away captive.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:

Revised Standard Version
So they feared the LORD but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.

Contextual Overview

²⁴Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in place of the Israelites in the cities of Samaria. The settlers took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. ²⁴ The king of Ashshur brought men from Bavel, and from Kutah, and from Avva, and from Hamat and Sefarvayim, and placed them in the cities of Shomron instead of the children of Yisra'el; and they possessed Shomron, and lived in the cities of it. ²⁴ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. ²⁴ And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. ²⁴ The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and put them in the cities of Samaria to replace the Israelites. These people took over Samaria and lived in the cities. ²⁴ The king of Assyria brought foreigners from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. ²⁴The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons (people) of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. ²⁴ Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. ²⁴ The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it. ²⁴ And the King of Asshur brought folke from Babel, and from Cuthah, and from Aua, and from Hamath, and from Sepharuaim, & placed them in the cities of Samaria in steade of the children of Israel: so they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

They feared: 2 Kings 17:41, 1 Kings 18:21, Hosea 10:2, Zephaniah 1:5, Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13

whom they carried: etc. or, who carried them away from thence, The new inhabitants of the land imitated the idolatrous Israelites, by associating their idols with Jehovah, as the objects of worship. The remainder, however, of the verses seem to relate to the Israelites after they were carried captive. They still persevered in idolatry and disobedience; and not being purified, were left to be consumed in the furnace. It is said that the Israelites "did not fear the Lord," yet the heathens, who followed their example, are said "to have feared the Lord." The Israelites did not so much as fear the wrath of Almighty God; but, on the other hand, the poor pagans feared the power of his wrath, and to avert it paid some ignorant worship, according to the wretched instructions given them. As this was an external acknowledgment of his power and Godhead, and a homage paid to him, he was pleased in consequence to withdraw his judgments from them. - Scott

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:23 - General Judges 6:10 - fear not 2 Kings 17:34 - fear not 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what James 1:8 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They feared the Lord, and served their own gods,.... Worshipped both:

after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence; the Israelites, whom they had carried captive from Samaria; they worshipped the Lord in their idols, as they did, who pretended to worship God in the calves; so they worshipped the supreme God in and by their idols, and made use of them as mediators with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Understand the passage thus: “They (the colonists) served their own gods after the manner of the nations from which they (the government) removed them,” i. e., after the manner of their own countrymen at home.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. They feared the Lord, and served their own gods — They did not relinquish their own idolatry but incorporated the worship of the true God with that of their idols. They were afraid of Jehovah, who had sent lions among them; and therefore they offered him a sort of worship that he might not thus afflict them: but they served other gods, devoted themselves affectionately to them, because their worship was such as gratified their grossest passions, and most sinful propensities.