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Samaria Resettled

2 Kings 17:40

In 11 translations

BSB
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
KJV
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
WEB
However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
ASV
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
LSV
and they have not listened, but they are doing according to their former custom,
YLT
and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,
DBY
And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.
DRC
But they did not hearken, but did according to their old custom.
GNV
Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their olde custome.
JPS
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
LXXE
Neither shall ye comply with their practice, which they follow.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ כִּ֛י אִֽם־כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן הֵ֥ם עֹשִֽׂים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὐκ ἀκούσεσθε ἐτὶ τῷ κρίματι αὐτῶν, ὃ αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 17:34To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
  • Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
  • 2 Kings 17:8and 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.
  • 2 Kings 17:12They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
  • Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

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