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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Wycliffe Bible
2 Kings 17:10
And thei maden to hem ymagis, and wodis, in ech hiy hil, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis;
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Christian Standard Bible®
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Hebrew Names Version
and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
King James Version
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
English Standard Version
They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
New Century Version
They put up stone pillars to gods and Asherah idols on every high hill and under every green tree.
They put up stone pillars to gods and Asherah idols on every high hill and under every green tree.
New English Translation
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Amplified Bible
They set up for themselves sacred pillars (memorial stones) and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
They set up for themselves sacred pillars (memorial stones) and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
New American Standard Bible
And they set up for themselves memorial stones and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
And they set up for themselves memorial stones and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
World English Bible
and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And had made them images and groues vpon euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree,
And had made them images and groues vpon euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree,
Legacy Standard Bible
And they set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
And they set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
Berean Standard Bible
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Contemporary English Version
They also built stone images of foreign gods and set up sacred poles for the worship of Asherah on every hill and under every shady tree.
They also built stone images of foreign gods and set up sacred poles for the worship of Asherah on every hill and under every shady tree.
Complete Jewish Bible
They set up standing-stones and sacred poles for themselves on any high hill and under any green tree.
They set up standing-stones and sacred poles for themselves on any high hill and under any green tree.
Darby Translation
And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
Easy-to-Read Version
They put up memorial stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
They put up memorial stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
George Lamsa Translation
And they set up for themselves statues and idols on every high hill and under every green tree;
And they set up for themselves statues and idols on every high hill and under every green tree;
Good News Translation
On all the hills and under every shady tree they put up stone pillars and images of the goddess Asherah,
On all the hills and under every shady tree they put up stone pillars and images of the goddess Asherah,
Lexham English Bible
They set up for themselves stone pillars and poles of Asherah worship on every high hill and under every green tree.
They set up for themselves stone pillars and poles of Asherah worship on every high hill and under every green tree.
Literal Translation
and set up for themselves pillars and Asherahs on every high hill, and under every green tree;
and set up for themselves pillars and Asherahs on every high hill, and under every green tree;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and set vp pilers and groues, vpon all hye hilles, and amonge all grene trees,
and set vp pilers and groues, vpon all hye hilles, and amonge all grene trees,
American Standard Version
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
Bible in Basic English
They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:
They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they made the images & groues in euery hye hill, & vnder euery thicke tree.
And they made the images & groues in euery hye hill, & vnder euery thicke tree.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every leafy tree;
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every leafy tree;
King James Version (1611)
And they set them vp images, and groues in euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree.
And they set them vp images, and groues in euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. And they made for themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.
and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. And they made for themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.
English Revised Version
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree:
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree:
Young's Literal Translation
and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,
and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,
Update Bible Version
and they set themselves up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
and they set themselves up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
Webster's Bible Translation
And they set up for themselves images and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree:
And they set up for themselves images and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree:
New King James Version
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images [fn] on every high hill and under every green tree.
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images [fn] on every high hill and under every green tree.
New Living Translation
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.
New Life Bible
They set up holy objects of the false goddess Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
They set up holy objects of the false goddess Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
New Revised Standard
they set up for themselves pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
they set up for themselves pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree:
And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree:
Revised Standard Version
they set up for themselves pillars and Ashe'rim on every high hill and under every green tree;
they set up for themselves pillars and Ashe'rim on every high hill and under every green tree;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
Contextual Overview
7 Forsothe it was don, whanne the sones of Israel hadden synned bifor her Lord God, that ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hond of Farao, kyng of Egipt, thei worschipeden alien goddis; 8 and yeden bi the custom of hethene men, whiche the Lord hadde wastid in the siyt of the sones of Israel, and of the kyngis of Israel, for thei hadden do in lijk maner. 9 And the sones of Israel offendiden her Lord God bi wordis not riytful, and thei bildiden to hem silf hiy thingis in alle her citees, fro the tour of keperis `til to a strengthid citee. 10 And thei maden to hem ymagis, and wodis, in ech hiy hil, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis; 11 and thei brenten there encence on the auteris bi the custom of hethene men, whiche the Lord hadde translatid fro the face of hem. And thei diden werste wordis, and thei wraththiden the Lord; 12 and worschipiden vnclenesses, of whiche the Lord comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not do this word. 13 And the Lord witnesside in Israel and in Juda, bi the hond of alle prophetis and seeris, and seide, Turne ye ayen fro youre werste weies, and kepe ye my comaundementis, and ceremonyes, bi al the lawe whiche Y comaundide to youre fadris, and as Y sente to you in the hond of my seruauntis prophetis. 14 Whiche herden not, but maden hard her nol bi the nol of her fadris, that nolden obeie to her Lord God. 15 And thei castiden, awei the lawful thingis of hym, and the couenaunt which he couenauntide with her fadris, and the witnessyngis bi whiche he witnesside to hem; and thei sueden vanytees, `that is, idols, and diden veynli; and sueden hethene men, that weren `bi the cumpas of hem; of whiche vanytees the Lord comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not do as also tho hethene men diden. 16 And thei forsoken alle the comaundementis of her Lord God, and thei maden to hem twei yotun calues, and wodis, and worschipiden al the knyythod of heuene; and thei seruyden Baal, and halewiden to hym her sones,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they set: 2 Kings 16:4, Exodus 34:13, Leviticus 26:1, 1 Kings 14:23, Isaiah 57:5
images: Heb. statues
groves: Deuteronomy 16:21, Micah 5:14
in every: 2 Kings 16:4, 1 Kings 14:23, Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 12:3
Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:5 - in the open 2 Kings 17:16 - a grove
Cross-References
Genesis 17:3
And Abram felde doun lowe on his face.
And Abram felde doun lowe on his face.
Genesis 17:6
and Y schal make thee to wexe ful greetli, and Y schal sette thee in folkis, and kyngis schulen go out of thee;
and Y schal make thee to wexe ful greetli, and Y schal sette thee in folkis, and kyngis schulen go out of thee;
Genesis 17:9
God seide eft to Abraham, And therfor thou schalt kepe my couenaunt, and thi seed after thee, in her generaciouns.
God seide eft to Abraham, And therfor thou schalt kepe my couenaunt, and thi seed after thee, in her generaciouns.
Genesis 17:11
and ye schulen circumside the fleisch of youre mannes yeerd, that it be in to a signe of boond of pees bytwixe me and you.
and ye schulen circumside the fleisch of youre mannes yeerd, that it be in to a signe of boond of pees bytwixe me and you.
Genesis 17:12
A yong child of eiyte daies schal be circumsidid in you, al male kynde in youre generaciouns, as wel a borun seruaunt as a seruaunt bouyt schal be circumsidid, and who euere is of youre kynrede he schal be circumsidid;
A yong child of eiyte daies schal be circumsidid in you, al male kynde in youre generaciouns, as wel a borun seruaunt as a seruaunt bouyt schal be circumsidid, and who euere is of youre kynrede he schal be circumsidid;
Genesis 17:18
And he seide to the Lord, Y wolde that Ismael lyue bifore thee.
And he seide to the Lord, Y wolde that Ismael lyue bifore thee.
Genesis 17:19
And the Lord seide to Abraham, Sara, thi wijf, schal bere a sone to thee, and thou schalt clepe his name Ysaac, and Y schal make my couenaunt to hym in to euerlastynge boond of pees, and to his seed aftir hym;
And the Lord seide to Abraham, Sara, thi wijf, schal bere a sone to thee, and thou schalt clepe his name Ysaac, and Y schal make my couenaunt to hym in to euerlastynge boond of pees, and to his seed aftir hym;
Genesis 17:25
and Ismael, his sone, hadde fillid threttene yeer in the tyme of his circumsicioun.
and Ismael, his sone, hadde fillid threttene yeer in the tyme of his circumsicioun.
Genesis 17:26
Abraham was circumsidid in the same day, and Ismael his sone,
Abraham was circumsidid in the same day, and Ismael his sone,
Genesis 34:15
But in this we schulen mowe be boundun in pees, if ye wole be lijk vs, and ech of male kynde be circumcidid in you,
But in this we schulen mowe be boundun in pees, if ye wole be lijk vs, and ech of male kynde be circumcidid in you,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree. That is, statues and idols; for groves of trees could not be set under green trees; but they placed idols of stone, and of wood, as the latter were, in such places as Heathens were wont to do; see Jeremiah 3:6
Jeremiah 3:6- :, so the Indians to this day have idols dispersed here and there in the fields, placed in little groves, or at the foot of some hill that casts a shadow h.
h Agreement of Customs between the East Indians and Jews, art. 5. p. 34.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 17:10. Images and groves — Images of different idols, and places for the abominable rites of Ashtaroth or Venus.
