Judges 2:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJudges 2:17 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 →
וְגַ֤ם
gam
H1571
also
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙
shâphaṭ
H8199
to judge
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
שָׁמֵ֔עוּ
shâmaʻ
H8085
to hear
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
זָנ֗וּ
zânâh
H2181
to commit fornication
אַֽחֲרֵי֙
ʼachar
H310
after
אֱלֹהִ֣ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֲחֵרִ֔ים
ʼachêr
H312
other
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
לָהֶ֑ם
סָ֣רוּ
çûwr
H5493
to turn aside
מַהֵ֗ר
mahêr
H4118
swift
מִן
min
H4480
from
הַדֶּ֜רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הָלְכ֧וּ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
אֲבוֹתָ֛ם
ʼâb
H1
father
לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ
shâmaʻ
H8085
to hear
מִצְוֺת
mitsvâh
H4687
commandment
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
עָ֥שׂוּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
כֵֽן
kên
H3651
thus
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; [but] they didn't do so.
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King James Version Public Domain
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But even to their judges they did not listen. For they whored after other gods and they bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way that their fathers had walked, to hear the commandments of Yahweh. They did not do thus.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).