2 Kings 17:8 — Compare Translations

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

and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;

and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

English Amplified

And walked in the customs of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites, customs the kings of Israel had introduced.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And walked in the customs of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites, customs the kings of Israel had introduced.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

and walked in the customs of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They lived according to the customs of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites and according to what the kings of Israel did.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

English EASY 2024

They did the same bad things that the nations that lived in Canaan did. The Lord had chased those nations out of Canaan so that the Israelites could live there. The Israelites copied the bad things that the kings of Israel were doing.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They began doing the same things that other people did. And the Lord had forced those people to leave their land when the Israelites came. The Israelites also chose to be ruled by kings.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

followed the customs of the people whom the Lord had driven out as his people advanced, and adopted customs introduced by the kings of Israel.

English God's Word - GW 1995

and lived by the customs of the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites' way. They also did what their kings wanted them to do.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They had lived according to the customs of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites and the customs the kings of Israel had introduced.

English KJV 1611

And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

and walked in the statutes of the nations whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, and in the statutes of the kings of Israel which they had made.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the Lord dispossessed before the Israelites, and walked in the statutes which the kings of Israel had made.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

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

They followed the rites of the nations whom the LORD had cleared out of the way of the Israelites (and the kings of Israel whom they set up).

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

they observed the practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for them. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.

and followed the practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced.

English NKJ 1982

and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

They had imitated the practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land before them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had introduced.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs which the kings of Israel had introduced.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They had followed the evil customs of the nations which the Lord had cast out from before them.

English Tyndale 1537

And they walked in the ordinance of the heathen which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel, and in the things which the kings of Israel had made.