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2 Kings 17:41

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

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ASV

So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children’s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

KJV

So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּהְי֣וּ׀vai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961 →
הַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
הָאֵ֗לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
יְרֵאִים֙ye.re.'ImfearingH3373 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
פְּסִֽילֵיהֶ֖םpe.si.lei.Hemidols theirH6456 →
הָי֣וּha.Yuthey wereH1961 →
עֹֽבְדִ֑ים'oe.DimservingH5647 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֣ם׀be.nei.Hemchildren theirH1121 →
וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] children ofH1121 →
בְנֵיהֶ֗םve.nei.Hemchildren theirH1121 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
עָשׂ֤וּ'a.Suthey didH6213 →
אֲבֹתָם֙'a.vo.Tamfathers theirH1 →
הֵ֣םhemtheyH1992 →
עֹשִׂ֔ים'o.Sim[are] doingH6213 →
עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ פha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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James 1:8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,2 Kings 17:33They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.2 Kings 17:32–33So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,Joshua 24:14–20Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”Revelation 3:15–16I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!Ezra 4:1–3When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,2 Kings 17:25Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.Ezra 4:2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”Exodus 20:23You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

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