2 Kings 17:32 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places.

English ASV

So they feared Jehovah, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

English Amplified

So they feared the Lord, yet appointed from among themselves, whether high or low, priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So they feared the Lord, yet appointed from among themselves, whether high or low, priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So the new residents worshiped the Lord, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They feared the LORD, but they also made from their ranks priests for the high places, who were working for them at the shrines of the high places.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered [sacrifices] for them in the houses of the high places.

English EASY 2024

The foreign people in Samaria also worshipped the Lord. They chose some of their own people to serve as priests at the altars on the hills.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But they also worshiped the Lord. They chose priests for the high places from among the people. These priests made sacrifices for the people in the temples at those places of worship.

They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

These people also worshiped the Lord and chose from among their own number all sorts of people to serve as priests at the pagan places of worship and to offer sacrifices for them there.

English God's Word - GW 1995

So while these people were worshiping the Lord, they also appointed all kinds of people to serve as priests for the shrines at their illegal places of worship.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So they feared the LORD, but they also appointed from their number, priests to serve them in the shrines of the high places.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

They were also fearing Yahweh and appointed from among all of themselves priests of the high places, and they were acting for them in the houses of the high places.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They feared the Lord and made from amongst themselves priests of the high places, who were working for them in the houses of the high places.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

They also venerated the LORD, choosing from their number priests for the high places, who officiated for them in the shrines on the high places.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

At the same time they worshiped the LORD. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So the people of Samaria worshiped the Lord. But they also appointed all kinds of their own people to serve them as priests. The priests served in the small temples at the high places.

English NIV

They worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed all sorts of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places.

English NKJ 1982

So they feared the Lord, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

English NLT

These new residents worshiped the LORD, but they appointed from among themselves priests to offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They also worshiped the LORD and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

They also feared the Lord, and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They also worshiped the Lord, and they appointed from among themselves priests to sacrifice to the Lord on the hilltop altars.

English Tyndale 1537

And they feared the LORD, yet they made them priests of the lowest of the people, for the Hillaltars, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the Hillaltars.