NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And they rejectedma'ac (maw-as') to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear his statutes choq (khoke) an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) and his covenant briyth (ber-eeth') a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league. that he made karath (kaw-rath') to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant with their fathers 'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. and his testimonies `eduwth (ay-dooth') testimony -- testimony, witness. which he testified `uwd (ood) to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication) against them and they followed yalak (yaw-lak') to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses) 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) vanity hebel (heh'bel) emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity. and became vain habal (haw-bal') to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray -- be (become, make) vain. and went after 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) the heathen gowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. that were round about cabiyb (saw-beeb') (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around -- (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side. them concerning whom the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. had charged tsavah (tsaw-vaw') (intensively) to constitute, enjoin -- appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order. them that they should not do `asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application like them Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them. King James Bible And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. Holman Christian Standard Bible They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. International Standard Version They rejected the LORD's statutes, the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and his warnings that he gave them. They pursued meaninglessness—and became meaningless themselves—as they followed the lifestyles of the nations that surrounded them, a practice that the LORD had warned them not to do. NET Bible They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD's command. GOD'S WORD® Translation They rejected his decrees, the promise he made to their ancestors, and the warnings he had given them. They went after worthless idols and became as worthless as the idols. They behaved like the nations around them, although the LORD had commanded them not to do that. King James 2000 Bible And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. Links 2 Kings 17:152 Kings 17:15 NIV 2 Kings 17:15 NLT 2 Kings 17:15 ESV 2 Kings 17:15 NASB 2 Kings 17:15 KJV |
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