2 Kings 17:15 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Kings 17:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּמְאֲס֣וּ
mâʼaç
H3988
to reject
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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חֻקָּ֗יו
chôq
H2706
statute
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בְּרִיתוֹ֙
bᵉrîyth
H1285
covenant
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
כָּרַ֣ת
kârath
H3772
to cut
אֶת
ʼêth
H854
with
אֲבוֹתָ֔ם
ʼâb
H1
father
וְאֵת֙
ʼêth
H853
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עֵֽדְוֺתָ֔יו
ʻêdûwth
H5715
testimony
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֵעִ֖יד
ʻûwd
H5749
to testify
בָּ֑ם
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אַחֲרֵ֤י
ʼachar
H310
after
הַהֶ֨בֶל֙
hebel
H1892
vapor
וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ
hâbal
H1891
to become vain
וְאַחֲרֵ֤י
ʼachar
H310
after
הַגּוֹיִם֙
gôwy
H1471
nation
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
סְבִֽיבֹתָ֔ם
çâbîyb
H5439
round about
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
צִוָּ֤ה
tsâvâh
H6680
to command
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֹתָ֔ם
ʼêth
H853
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לְבִלְתִּ֖י
biltîy
H1115
except
עֲשׂ֥וֹת
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
כָּהֶֽם
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World English Bible Public Domain
They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.
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King James Version Public Domain
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they rejected his statutes and his covenant that he had cut with their fathers and his testimonies that he testified against them. And they walked after vapor, and they became vapor, and after the nations that around them, whom Yahweh had commanded them not to act like them.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).