Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; they forgot the Lord their God
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Israel did
King James Version
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
International Standard Version
The Israelis kept on practicing evil in full view of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served Canaanite male and female deities.
A Conservative Version
And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and forgot LORD their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.
Amplified
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.
Darby Translation
And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, forgetting the LORD their God, and serving the Ba'als and the Ashe'roth.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sons of Israel will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and they will forget Jehovah their God, and they will serve the Baalims and the wooden pillars.
King James 2000
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the idol poles.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. They forgot Yahweh their God, and they served the Baals and the Asheroth.
Modern King James verseion
And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah and forgot Jehovah their God, and served Baals and the Asherahs.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And so the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the LORD and forgot the LORD their God and served Baalim and Asheroth.
NET Bible
The Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.
New Heart English Bible
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus did the sons of Israel the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and forgat Yahweh their God, - and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Webster
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim, and the groves.
World English Bible
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Punishment of
Fellowship » With the wicked » Punishment of
Groves » Worshiped by israelites
Hittites » Intermarry with the israelites
Israel » Under the judges » Canaan » Inhabitants » Not expelled
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 3:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Othniel
6
The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 34:13
Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.
Judges 2:11-13
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
Judges 6:25
On that very night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old. Then tear down the altar of Baal
Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 16:21
“Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the Lord your God,
Judges 3:12
The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He gave Eglon king of Moab
1 Kings 16:33
Ahab also made an Asherah pole.
1 Kings 18:19
Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel,
2 Kings 23:6
He brought out the Asherah pole
2 Kings 23:14
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces,
2 Chronicles 15:16
King Asa
2 Chronicles 24:18
and they abandoned the temple of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors and served the Asherah poles and the idols.
2 Chronicles 33:3
He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down
2 Chronicles 33:19
His prayer and how God granted his request, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Records of Hozai.
2 Chronicles 34:3
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David,
2 Chronicles 34:7
He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem.