2 Kings 23:7 — Compare Translations

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

And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.

English ASV

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

English Amplified

And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes, which were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes, which were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the Lord, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the LORD’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.

English EASY 2024

King Josiah also destroyed the rooms in the Lord 's temple where the male prostitutes lived. Women also made clothes there for the idol of Asherah.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then King Josiah broke down the houses of the male prostitutes who were in the Lord's Temple. Women also used these houses and made little tent covers to honor the false goddess Asherah.

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

And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He destroyed the living quarters in the Temple occupied by the temple prostitutes. (It was there that women wove robes used in the worship of Asherah.)

English God's Word - GW 1995

He tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes who were in the Lord's temple, where women did weaving for Asherah.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He also tore down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the LORD's temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.

English KJV 1611

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

English LSB

He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of Yahweh, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the house of the Lord, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.

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

He tore down the apartments of the cult prostitutes which were in the temple of the LORD, and in which the women wove garments for the Asherah.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the LORD’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He also tore down the rooms where the male temple prostitutes stayed. Those rooms were in the Lord's temple. The women had made cloth for Asherah in them.

English NIV

He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple of the LORD and where women did weaving for Asherah.

English NKJ 1982

Then he tore down the ritual booths of the perverted persons that were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the wooden image.

English NLT

He also tore down the houses of the shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He broke down the houses of the male temple prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women did weaving for Asherah.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

He also tore down the houses of male prostitution around the Temple, where the women wove robes for the Asherah-idol.

English Tyndale 1537

And he brake down the cells of the male whores that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove little houses for the grove.