Parallel Verses
Amplified
He did right in the sight of the Lord, though not like David his father (ancestor). He acted in accordance with everything that his father Joash had done.
New American Standard Bible
He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
King James Version
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
Holman Bible
He did what was right in the Lord’s sight, but not like his ancestor David. He did everything his father Joash had done.
International Standard Version
He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, but not like his ancestor David did. He acted as his father Joash had done,
A Conservative Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.
American Standard Version
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
Bible in Basic English
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.
Darby Translation
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will do the straight in the eyes of Jehovah, but not according to David his father: he did according to all which his father Joash: did.
King James 2000
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He did right in the eyes of Yahweh, only not as David his ancestor; as all which Jehoash his father had done, he did.
Modern King James verseion
And he did the right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joash his father did.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he did that pleased the LORD, yet not like David his father: but did in all things as Joash his father did.
NET Bible
He did what the Lord approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.
New Heart English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
The Emphasized Bible
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, only, not like David his father: according to all that Joash his father did, so he did;
Webster
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
World English Bible
He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done,
Interlinear
Yashar
`ayin
'ab
אב
'ab
father, chief, families, desire, fatherless , forefathers , patrimony, prince, principal
Usage: 1214
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 14:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Amaziah Reigns In Judah; Jeroboam Ii In Israel
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3 He did right in the sight of the Lord, though not like David his father (ancestor). He acted in accordance with everything that his father Joash had done. 4 However, the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:4
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not completely devoted to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
1 Kings 15:3
He walked in all the sins [of idol worship] that his father [Rehoboam] committed before him; and his heart was not entirely devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father (forefather) David.
2 Kings 12:2
Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Chronicles 24:2
Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest [his uncle].
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada [the priest, who had hidden Joash], the officials of Judah came and
2 Chronicles 25:2-3
He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not wholeheartedly.
2 Chronicles 25:14-16
After Amaziah came back from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, bowed before them, and burned incense to them.
Jeremiah 16:19
[Then said Jeremiah] “O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold,
And my Refuge in the day of distress and need,
The nations will come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
‘Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies and illusion,
[Worthless] things in which there is no benefit!’
Zechariah 1:4-6
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
1 Peter 1:18
For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold,