1 Kings 16:25

Easy-to-Read Version

Omri did what the Lord said was wrong. He was worse than all the kings who were before him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he did more evil than all who were before him.

Hebrew Names Version
`Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.

King James Version
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord , and did worse than all that were before him.

English Standard Version
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , and did more evil than all who were before him.

New Century Version
But Omri did what the Lord said was wrong; he did more evil than all the kings who came before him.

New English Translation
Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.

Amplified Bible
But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who came before him.

New American Standard Bible
Now Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But Omri did euil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse then all that were before him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

Contemporary English Version
Omri did more evil things than any king before him.

Complete Jewish Bible
‘Omri did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective, outdoing all his predecessors in wickedness;

Darby Translation
And Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did worse than all that were before him.

George Lamsa Translation
But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did worse than all the kings who were before him.

Good News Translation
Omri sinned against the Lord more than any of his predecessors.

Lexham English Bible
But Omri did evil in the eyes of Yahweh more than all who were before him.

Literal Translation
And Omri did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and did evil above all who were before him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Amri dyd that which was euell in ye sighte of the LORDE, and was worse then all they that were before him,

American Standard Version
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.

Bible in Basic English
And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But Amri wrought that which is euil in the eyes of the Lorde, and did worse then all that were before him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.

King James Version (1611)
But Omri wrought euil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse then all that were before him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Ambri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and wrought wickedly beyond all that were before him.

English Revised Version
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.

Berean Standard Bible
But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Amry dide yuel in the siyt of the Lord, and wrouyte weiwardli, ouer alle men that weren bifor hym.

Young's Literal Translation
And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who [are] before him,

Update Bible Version
And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that [were] before him.

World English Bible
Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.

New King James Version
Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all who were before him.

New Living Translation
But Omri did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, even more than any of the kings before him.

New Life Bible
Omri did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. He acted worse than all who were before him.

New Revised Standard
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord ; he did more evil than all who were before him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Omri did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, - and did more wickedly than all who were before him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted wickedly above all that were before him.

Revised Standard Version
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did more evil than all who were before him.

THE MESSAGE
But as far as God was concerned, Omri lived an evil life—set new records in evil. He walked in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who not only sinned but dragged Israel into his sins, making God angry—such an empty-headed, empty-hearted life!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Zimri became king of Israel during the 27th year that Asa was king of Judah. Zimri ruled in Tirzah only seven days. This is what happened: The army of Israel was at Gibbethon, which was under Philistine control. ¹⁶ Omri was the commander of the army of Israel. The men in the camp heard that Zimri had made secret plans against the king and killed him. So in the camp all the soldiers made Omri the new king. ¹⁷ Then Omri and all the soldiers of Israel left Gibbethon and went to Tirzah. They surrounded the city and attacked it. ¹⁸ When Zimri saw the city had been captured, he ran to the palace fortress, but the soldiers burned it down with him still in it. ¹⁹ So Zimri died because he sinned and did what the Lord said was wrong, just as Jeroboam did when he caused the Israelites to sin. ²⁰ The story about Zimri's secret plans and the other things that he did are written in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel. ²¹ Then the Israelites were divided. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath and wanted to make him king. The other half of the people followed Omri. ²² But Omri's followers were stronger than the followers of Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died, and Omri became king. ²³ Omri became king of Israel during Asa's 31st year as the king of Judah. Omri ruled over Israel for 12 years. Six of those years he ruled from Tirzah. ²⁴ Then Omri bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for about 150 pounds of silver. Omri built a city on that hill. He named the city Samaria after the name of its owner, Shemer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

did worse: 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 16:33, 1 Kings 14:9, Micah 6:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:17 - displeased him 1 Kings 15:26 - he did evil 2 Chronicles 21:6 - in the way 2 Chronicles 21:13 - in the way

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord,.... Openly and publicly, as if it were in defiance of him:

and did worse than all that were before him; taking no warning by the judgments inflicted on them, which aggravated his sins; and besides, he not only worshipped the calves, as the rest, and drew Israel by his example into the same, as they did, but he published edicts and decrees, obliging them to worship them, and forbidding them to go to Jerusalem, called "the statutes of Omri", Micah 6:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Omri outwent his idolatrous predecessors in his zeal, reducing the calf-worship to a regular formal system, which went down to posterity (compare the marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. Did worse than all - before him — Omri was,

1. An idolater in principle;

2. An idolater in practice;

3. He led the people to idolatry by precept and example; and, which was that in which he did worse than all before him,

4. He made statutes in favour of idolatry, and obliged the people by law to commit it.

See Micah 6:16, where this seems to be intended: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab.