2 Kings 17:41

39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
KJV
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
WEB
So these nations feared the LORD, and also served their engraved images. Their children did likewise, and so did their children’s children. They do as their fathers did to this day.
ASV
So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children`s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
DARBY
And these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.
BLB
And it came to pass [that] these nations feared YHWH, and their carved images they were serving—also their sons and the sons of their sons. As their fathers did, they are doing even to this day.
ÅB
Så fryktet da disse hedningefolk Herren, men dyrket på samme tid sine utskårne bilder; også deres barn og deres barnebarn har helt til denne dag gjort som deres fedre gjorde.
[^1]: d.e. med falske forklaringer av Herrens ord tilhyllet og skjulte de hans sanne vesen.
[^2]: 2KR 26, 10.
[^3]: d.e. han og hans ledsagere.
[^4]: i sannhet.
[^5]: 1MO 32, 28.
OTB
Så mens disse nasjonene fryktet Herren, tjente de også sine avguder; deres barn likeså og deres barnebarn, slik deres fedre handlet, slik gjør de til denne dag.
B1930
Så fryktet da disse hedningefolk Herren, men dyrket på samme tid sine utskårne billeder; også deres barn og deres barnebarn har helt til denne dag gjort som deres fedre gjorde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 6:24

    No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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  • 1 Kings 18:21

    And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

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  • Zephaniah 1:5

    And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

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  • 2 Kings 17:32–33

    So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

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  • Joshua 24:14–20

    Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

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  • Ezra 4:1–3

    Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

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  • Revelation 3:15–16

    I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

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