2 Kings 17:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

New Living Translation
He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not to the same extent as the kings of Israel who ruled before him.

English Standard Version
And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

Berean Study Bible
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

New American Standard Bible
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who preceded him.

NASB 1995
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

NASB 1977
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

Amplified Bible
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel who came before him.

Christian Standard Bible
He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

Contemporary English Version
Hoshea disobeyed the LORD and sinned, but not as much as the earlier Israelite kings had done.

Good News Translation
He sinned against the LORD, but not as much as the kings who had ruled Israel before him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He did what the LORD considered evil, but he didn't do what the kings of Israel before him had done.

International Standard Version
He practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, though not like the kings of Israel who had preceded him.

NET Bible
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

New King James Version
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

King James 2000 Bible
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

New Heart English Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

World English Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

American King James Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

American Standard Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

A Faithful Version
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who were before him.

Darby Bible Translation
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

English Revised Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, but not as the Kinges of Israel, that were before him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And did that which was euill in the sight of the Lorde, but not as the kinges of Israel that were before him.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and dyd yt which was euell in ye sighte of the LORDE, but not as ye kynges of Israel yt were before him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

Young's Literal Translation
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel which were before him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did evil before the Lord: but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he did evil before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before him.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he did evil before LORD JEHOVAH, however, not as the Kings of Israel who were before him.

Lamsa Bible
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
















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