Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They set up pillars and Asherim on every high hill and in the shade of every green tree,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
Holman Bible
They set up for themselves sacred pillars
A Conservative Version
And they set up for them pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree,
American Standard Version
and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
Amplified
They set up for themselves sacred pillars (memorial stones) and
Bible in Basic English
They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:
Darby Translation
And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
Julia Smith Translation
And they will set to them statues and images upon every high hill, and under every green tree.
King James 2000
And they set them up images and idol poles on every high hill, and under every green tree:
Lexham Expanded Bible
They set up for themselves stone pillars and poles of Asherah worship on every high hill and under every green tree.
Modern King James verseion
And they set up images and Asherahs for themselves in every high hill, and under every green tree.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they made them images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.
NET Bible
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
New Heart English Bible
and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
The Emphasized Bible
And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
Webster
And they set up for themselves images and groves 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;
Youngs Literal Translation
and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,
Themes
Assyria » Israelites carried captive into
Fear » The reward for fearing other gods
Following » The reward for following vanity
Groves » Worshiped by israelites
Idolatry » Captivity of israel on account of
Judgments » Delivered » Into the hands of the assyrians
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » In permitting baal-worship
Interlinear
Natsab
Gaboahh
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 17:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Deported To Assyria And The Reasons It Fell
9 The Israelis practiced secret things that were not right, offending the LORD their God. In addition, they built high places for use by all their towns, watchtowers, and fortified cities. 10 They set up pillars and Asherim on every high hill and in the shade of every green tree, 11 where they made offerings on all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD had expelled before them. They also practiced other wickedness, provoking the LORD to become angry,
Cross References
1 Kings 14:23
They erected high places, sacred pillars, and Asherim for themselves on every high hill and under every green tree.
Exodus 34:13
Rather, you are to tear down their altars, you are to smash their sacred pillars, and you are to cut down their sacred poles
2 Kings 16:4
Furthermore, Ahaz sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on top of hills, and under every green tree.
Micah 5:14
I will uproot your cultic gods from you, and I will tear down your cities.
Leviticus 26:1
"You are not to make worthless idols, images, or pillars for yourselves, nor set up for yourselves carved images to bow down to them in the land, because I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 12:2-3
Be sure you destroy there all the places where the nations that you're going to dispossess serve their gods upon the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.
Deuteronomy 16:21
"You are not to set up a sacred pole beside the altar of the LORD your God that you will build.
Isaiah 57:5
you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every spreading tree, who slaughter your children in the ravines, under the clefts of the rocks?