2 Kings 17:39

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but fear the Lord your God, and he will rescue you from all your enemies.”

Hebrew Names Version
but the LORD your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

King James Version
But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

English Standard Version
but you shall fear the Lord your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."

New Century Version
Instead worship the Lord your God, who will save you from all your enemies."

New English Translation
Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies."

Amplified Bible
"But the LORD your God you shall fear [and worship]; then He will rescue you from the hands of all your enemies."

New American Standard Bible
"But you shall fear the LORD your God; and He will save you from the hand of all your enemies."

World English Bible
but Yahweh your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But feare the Lord your God, and he will deliuer you out of the handes of all your enemies.

Legacy Standard Bible
But Yahweh your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."

Berean Standard Bible
but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies."

Contemporary English Version
except me. I am the Lord your God, and I will rescue you from all your enemies.

Complete Jewish Bible
but must fear Adonai your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies."

Darby Translation
but ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Easy-to-Read Version
No, you must respect only the Lord your God. Then he will save you from all your enemies."

George Lamsa Translation
But the LORD your God you shall worship; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Good News Translation
You shall obey me, the Lord your God, and I will rescue you from your enemies."

Lexham English Bible
But Yahweh your God you shall fear, and he will deliver you from the hand of all of your enemies."

Literal Translation
but you shall fear Jehovah your God, and He shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But feare ye LORDE youre God, he shall delyuer you from all youre enemies.

American Standard Version
but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Bible in Basic English
And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the Lord your God ye shal feare, & he shall deliuer you out of the handes of all your enemies.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
but the LORD your God shall ye fear; and He will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.'

King James Version (1611)
But the Lord your God yee shall feare, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But ye shall fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you from all your enemies.

English Revised Version
but the LORD your God shall ye fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but drede ye youre Lord God, and he schal delyuere you fro the hond of alle youre enemyes.

Young's Literal Translation
but Jehovah your God ye do fear, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies;'

Update Bible Version
but Yahweh your God you shall fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

New King James Version
But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."

New Living Translation
You must worship only the Lord your God. He is the one who will rescue you from all your enemies."

New Life Bible
Fear the Lord your God and He will save you from those who hate you."

New Revised Standard
but you shall worship the Lord your God; he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, Yahweh your God, shall ye revere, - then will, he, deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But fear the Lord, your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Revised Standard Version
but you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."

Contextual Overview

²⁴The king of Assyria brought in people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and relocated them in the towns of Samaria, replacing the exiled Israelites. They moved in as if they owned the place and made themselves at home. When the Assyrians first moved in, God was just another god to them; they neither honored nor worshiped him. Then God sent lions among them and people were mauled and killed. ²⁶ This message was then sent back to the king of Assyria: "The people you brought in to occupy the towns of Samaria don't know what's expected of them from the god of the land, and now he's sent lions and they're killing people right and left because nobody knows what the god of the land expects of them." ²⁷ The king of Assyria ordered, "Send back some priests who were taken into exile from there. They can go back and live there and instruct the people in what the god of the land expects of them." ²⁸ One of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came back and moved into Bethel. He taught them how to honor and worship God . ²⁹But each people that Assyria had settled went ahead anyway making its own gods and setting them up in the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines that the citizens of Samaria had left behind—a local custom-made god for each people: for Babylon, Succoth Benoth; for Cuthah, Nergal; for Hamath, Ashima; for Avva, Nibhaz and Tartak; for Sepharvaim, Adrammelech and Anammelech (people burned their children in sacrificial offerings to these gods!). ³²They honored and worshiped God , but not exclusively—they also appointed all sorts of priests, regardless of qualification, to conduct a variety of rites at the local fertility shrines. They honored and worshiped God , but they also kept up their devotions to the old gods of the places they had come from. ³⁴And they're still doing it, still worshiping any old god that has nostalgic appeal to them. They don't really worship God —they don't take seriously what he says regarding how to behave and what to believe, what he revealed to the children of Jacob whom he named Israel. God made a covenant with his people and ordered them, "Don't honor other gods: Don't worship them, don't serve them, don't offer sacrifices to them. Worship God , the God who delivered you from Egypt in great and personal power. Reverence and fear him. Worship him. Sacrifice to him. And only him! All the things he had written down for you, directing you in what to believe and how to behave—well, do them for as long as you live. And whatever you do, don't worship other gods! And the covenant he made with you, don't forget your part in that. And don't worship other gods! Worship God , and God only—he's the one who will save you from enemy oppression." ⁴⁰But they didn't pay any attention. They kept doing what they'd always done. As it turned out, all the time these people were putting on a front of worshiping God , they were at the same time involved with their local idols. And they're still doing it. Like father, like son.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: 2 Kings 17:36, 1 Samuel 12:24, Isaiah 8:12-14, Jeremiah 10:7, Matthew 10:28, Luke 1:50

he shall deliver: Nehemiah 9:27, Luke 1:71, Luke 1:74, Luke 1:75

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the Lord your God ye shall fear,.... Or worship him, both internally and externally, according to his revealed will; for the fear of God includes both internal and external worship:

and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies; that is, provided they feared and served him as he required, and it became them to do.