Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “But if you or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, New Living Translation “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the commands and decrees I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, English Standard Version But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, Berean Standard Bible But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, King James Bible But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: New King James Version But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, New American Standard Bible “But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have placed before you, but you go and serve other gods and worship them, NASB 1995 “But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, NASB 1977 “But if you or your sons shall indeed turn away from following Me, and shall not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you and shall go and serve other gods and worship them, Legacy Standard Bible “But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have given before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, Amplified Bible “But if you or your sons turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, Christian Standard Bible If you or your sons turn away from following me and do not keep my commands—my statutes that I have set before you—and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them, Holman Christian Standard Bible If you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep My commands—My statutes that I have set before you—and if you go and serve other gods and worship them, American Standard Version But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Contemporary English Version But if you or any of your descendants disobey my commands or start worshiping foreign gods, English Revised Version But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them: GOD'S WORD® Translation But if you and your descendants dare to turn away from me and do not keep my commands and laws that I gave to you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them, Good News Translation But if you or your descendants stop following me, disobey the laws and commands I have given you, and worship other gods, International Standard Version But if you or your descendants abandon me, and do not keep my commandments and statutes that I have given to you, and if you go away, serve other gods, and worship them, Majority Standard Bible But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, NET Bible "But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods, New Heart English Bible But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Webster's Bible Translation But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: World English Bible But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you at all turn back—you and your sons—from after Me, and do not keep My commands [and] My statutes that I have set before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, Young's Literal Translation 'If ye at all turn back -- you and your sons -- from after Me, and keep not My commands -- My statutes, that I have set before you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, Smith's Literal Translation If turning back, ye shall turn back, ye and your sons from after me, and shall not watch my commands, my laws which I gave before you, and ye went and served other gods and worshiped to them: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut if you and your children revolting shall turn away from following me, and will not keep my commandments, and my ceremonies, which I have set before you, but will go and worship strange gods, and adore them: Catholic Public Domain Version But if you and your sons, wandering, will have turned away, not following me, and not keeping my commandments and my ceremonies, which I have proposed to you, but instead you go away, and you serve strange gods and adore them, New American Bible But if ever you and your descendants turn from following me, fail to keep my commandments and statutes which I set before you, and proceed to serve other gods and bow down to them, New Revised Standard Version “If you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut if you shall indeed turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you will turn from following me, you and your sons, and you will not keep my commands and my statutes that I have given before you, and you go and you will serve other gods and you worship them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But if ye shall turn away from following Me, ye or your children, and not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Brenton Septuagint Translation But if ye or your children do in any wise revolt from me, and do not keep my commandments and my ordinances, which Moses set before you, and ye go and serve other gods, and worship them: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD's Response to Solomon…5then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, 7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: Deuteronomy 28:58-64 If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God— / He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses. / He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you. ... Leviticus 26:14-17 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. ... Joshua 23:16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.” 2 Chronicles 7:19-22 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ... Jeremiah 7:9-15 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. ... Jeremiah 22:5 But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’” 2 Kings 17:7-23 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / 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. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ... 2 Kings 21:14-15 So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies, / because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’” Isaiah 1:19-20 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Ezekiel 18:24 But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die. Matthew 7:26-27 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Luke 12:47-48 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. / But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded. John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned. Treasury of Scripture But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: if ye 1 Samuel 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 2 Samuel 7:14-16 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: … 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. go 1 Kings 11:4-10 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father… Joshua 23:15,16 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you… Jump to Previous Bowed Children Commandments Commands Decrees Following Gods Indeed Laws Observe Orders Servants Serve Served Statutes Turn Turned Ways Worship YourselvesJump to Next Bowed Children Commandments Commands Decrees Following Gods Indeed Laws Observe Orders Servants Serve Served Statutes Turn Turned Ways Worship Yourselves1 Kings 9 1. God's covenant in a vision with Solomon10. The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiran 15. In Solomon's works the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites servants 24. Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house 25. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices 26. His navy fetches gold from Ophir But if indeed you or your sons This phrase introduces a conditional warning from God to Solomon and his descendants. The Hebrew word for "if" (אִם, 'im) sets the stage for a potential deviation from God's path. The inclusion of "your sons" emphasizes the generational responsibility and the importance of legacy in maintaining faithfulness to God. Historically, this reflects the covenantal relationship God established with David, Solomon's father, and the expectation that his lineage would continue to honor that covenant. turn away from following Me and do not keep My commandments and statutes that I have set before you and if you go off to serve and worship other gods Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not indeed שׁ֨וֹב (šō·wḇ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again you אַתֶּ֤ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you or your sons וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ (ū·ḇə·nê·ḵem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son turn away תְּשֻׁב֜וּן (tə·šu·ḇūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again from following Me מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י (mê·’a·ḥă·ray) Preposition-m | first person common singular Strong's 310: The hind or following part and do not וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no keep תִשְׁמְרוּ֙ (ṯiš·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the commandments מִצְוֺתַ֣י (miṣ·wō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4687: Commandment [and] statutes חֻקֹּתַ֔י (ḥuq·qō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute I have set נָתַ֖תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set before you, לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face and if you go off וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם (wa·hă·laḵ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to serve וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ (wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave and worship וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם (wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate other אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other gods, אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links 1 Kings 9:6 NIV1 Kings 9:6 NLT 1 Kings 9:6 ESV 1 Kings 9:6 NASB 1 Kings 9:6 KJV 1 Kings 9:6 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 9:6 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 9:6 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 9:6 French Bible 1 Kings 9:6 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 9:6 But if you shall turn away (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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