40And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.


In Context

37 And the statutes and the ordinances and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

38 And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear other gods;

39 but ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

40 And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.

41 And these nations feared Jehovah, 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 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:40They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:40But they did not hearken, but did according to their old custom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:40Yet they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:40However they did not listen, but they did what they did before.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:40and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:40However, they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.