2 Kings 17:12

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

and they served the manufactured gods, as to which Yahweh had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They served idols, although the Lord had told them, “You must not do this.”

Hebrew Names Version
and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

King James Version
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

English Standard Version
and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, "You shall not do this."

New Century Version
They served idols when the Lord had said, "You must not do this."

New English Translation
They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the Lord 's command.

Amplified Bible
And they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

New American Standard Bible
They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

World English Bible
and they served idols, whereof Yahweh had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And serued idoles: whereof the Lorde had sayd vnto them, Ye shal do no such thing,

Legacy Standard Bible
And they served idols, concerning which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

Berean Standard Bible
They served idols, although the LORD had told them, "You shall not do this thing."

Contemporary English Version
Even though the Lord had commanded the Israelites not to worship idols, they did it anyway.

Complete Jewish Bible
moreover, they served idols, something Adonai had expressly told them not to do.

Darby Translation
and they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

Easy-to-Read Version
They served idols, and the Lord had said to them, "You must not do this."

George Lamsa Translation
For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

Good News Translation
and disobeyed the Lord 's command not to worship idols.

Lexham English Bible
They served idols which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing!"

Literal Translation
and served the idols, of which Jehovah had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& serued the Idols, wherof the LORDE sayde vnto them: Ye shal not do soch a thynge.

American Standard Version
and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

Bible in Basic English
And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they serued most vile idols, wherof the Lorde had sayd vnto them: Ye shall do no such thing.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them: 'Ye shall not do this thing';

King James Version (1611)
For they serued idoles, whereof the Lord had said vnto them, Yee shall not doe this thing.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they served the idols, of which the Lord said to them, Ye shall not do this thing against the Lord.

English Revised Version
and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and worschipiden vnclenesses, of whiche the Lord comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not do this word.

Young's Literal Translation
and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;'

Update Bible Version
and they served idols, whereof Yahweh had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

Webster's Bible Translation
For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

New King James Version
for they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

New Living Translation
Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the Lord 's specific and repeated warnings.

New Life Bible
They worshiped false gods, about which the Lord had told them, "You must not do this."

New Revised Standard
they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, "You shall not do this."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.

Revised Standard Version
and they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

Contextual Overview

⁷ And thus it came to pass that Israel sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, - yea they did reverence to other gods; ⁸ and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, - and in the statutes of the kings of Israel, which they had made. ⁹ And the sons of Israel did, secretly, things which were not right, against Yahweh their God, - and built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower, to the fortified city. ¹⁰ And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree; ¹¹ and burned incense there, in all the high places, like the nations whom Yahweh drave out from before them, - and did things that were wicked, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger; ¹² and they served the manufactured gods, as to which Yahweh had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing. ¹³ And Yahweh testified against Israel and against Judah, through all his prophets - every one who had a vision, saying - Turn ye from your wicked ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers; and which I sent unto you through my servants the prophets. ¹⁴ Howbeit they hearkened not, - but stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who trusted not in Yahweh their God; ¹⁵ but rejected his statutes, and his covenant, which he solemnised with their fathers, and his testimonies wherewith he testified against them, - and followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were round about them, as to whom Yahweh charged them, so that they should not do like them. ¹⁶ But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten - two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whereof: Exodus 20:3-5, Exodus 34:14, Leviticus 26:1, Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 5:7-9

Ye shall not: Deuteronomy 4:15-19, Deuteronomy 4:23-25, Deuteronomy 12:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:15 - concerning whom 2 Kings 17:40 - but they did

Cross-References

Genesis 17:22
And he left off speaking with him, - and God went up from Abraham.

Genesis 17:23
So Abraham took Ishmael his son and all born of his house and all bought with his silver - every male among the men of the house of Abraham, - and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on this selfsame day, according to that which God had spoken with him.

Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old, - as God commanded him.

Leviticus 12:3
And, on the eighth day, shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.

Luke 1:59
And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it, after the name of its father, Zachariah.

Luke 2:21
And, when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, then was his name called, Jesus, - which it was called by the messenger, before he was conceived in the womb.

Acts 7:8
And he gave unto him a covenant of circumcision; and, thus, he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.

Romans 2:28
For, not he who is one in appearance, is a Jew, nor is, that which is such in appearance in flesh, circumcision;

Philippians 3:5
Circumcised, the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, - regarding law, a Pharisee,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For they served idols,.... Baalim, as the Targum; dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as they are often called in Scripture; and Sterculius was one of the names of Saturn, an Heathen deity, which he had, as is supposed, by his finding out the method of making land fruitful with dung i:

whereof the Lord said unto them, ye shall not do this thing; see

Exodus 20:3.

i Vid. Macrob. l. 1. c. 7. Lactant. de fals. Relig. l. 1. c. 20.