2 Kings 17:40-41
2 Kings 17:40-41 The Message (MSG)
But they didn’t pay any attention. They kept doing what they’d always done. As it turned out, all the time these people were putting on a front of worshiping GOD, they were at the same time involved with their local idols. And they’re still doing it. Like father, like son.
2 Kings 17:40-41 King James Version (KJV)
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 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.
2 Kings 17:40-41 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom. So while these nations feared the LORD, they also served their idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
2 Kings 17:40-41 New Century Version (NCV)
But the Israelites did not listen. They kept on doing the same things they had done before. So these nations honored the LORD but also worshiped their idols, and their children and grandchildren still do as their ancestors did.
2 Kings 17:40-41 American Standard Version (ASV)
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 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.
2 Kings 17:40-41 New International Version (NIV)
They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices. Even while these people were worshiping the LORD, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.
2 Kings 17:40-41 New King James Version (NKJV)
However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals. So these nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.
2 Kings 17:40-41 Amplified Bible (AMP)
However, they did not listen, but they acted in accordance with their former custom. So these nations [superficially] feared the LORD; they also served their idols, as did their children and their children’s children, just as their fathers did, so do they to this day [the date of this writing].
2 Kings 17:40-41 New Living Translation (NLT)
But the people would not listen and continued to follow their former practices. So while these new residents worshiped the LORD, they also worshiped their idols. And to this day their descendants do the same.
2 Kings 17:40-41 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner. So these nations feared the LORD and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children’s children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.