2 Kings 17:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.”
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BSBPD
“But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Kings 17:40 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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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