Deuteronomy 32:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"They sacrificedיִזְבְּח֗וּ
(yiz·be·chu)
2076: to slaughter for sacrificea prim. root
to demonsלַשֵּׁדִים֙
(la·she·dim)
7700: probably demonof foreign origin
who were not God,אֱלֹ֔הַ
(e·lo·lo,)
433: God, godprol. from el
To godsאֱלֹהִ֖ים
(e·lo·him)
430: God, godpl. of eloah
whom they have not known,יְדָע֑וּם
(ye·da·'um;)
3045: to knowa prim. root
Newחֲדָשִׁים֙
(cha·da·shim)
2319: newfrom chadash
[gods] who cameבָּ֔אוּ
(ba·'u,)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
lately,מִקָּרֹ֣ב
(mik·ka·rov)
7138: nearfrom qarab
Whom your fathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
(a·vo·tei·chem.)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
did not dread.שְׂעָר֖וּם
(se·'a·rum)
8175b: perhaps to be acquainted witha prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
They sacrificed
zabach  (zaw-bakh')
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) -- kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
unto devils
shed  (shade)
a doemon (as malignant) -- devil.
not to God
'elowahh  (el-o'-ah)
a deity or the Deity -- God, god.
to gods
'elohiym  (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
whom they knew
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not to new
chadash  (khaw-dawsh')
new -- fresh, new thing.
gods that came
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
newly
qarowb  (kaw-robe')
near (in place, kindred or time)
up
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
whom your fathers
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
feared
sa`ar  (saw-ar')
to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fear -- be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.
not
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"They sacrificed to demons who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not dread.

King James Bible
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known, new gods that had just arrived, which your fathers did not fear.

International Standard Version
They sacrificed to demons— not to the real God— gods whom they didn't know, new neighbors who had recently appeared, whom your ancestors never feared.

NET Bible
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They sacrificed to demons that are not God, to gods they never heard of. These were new gods, who came from nearby, gods your ancestors never worshiped.

King James 2000 Bible
They sacrificed unto demons, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came in of late, whom your fathers feared not.
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