35When the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: "Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.


In Context

32 They worshiped the Lord , but they also appointed all sorts of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places.

33 They worshiped the Lord , but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.

34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

35 When the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: "Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.

36 But the Lord , who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to him offer sacrifices.

37 You must always be careful to keep the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

2nd Kings 17:35 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:35With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:35With whom he made a covenant, and charged them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods, nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:35with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:35And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:35with whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:35With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:35with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and commanded them, saying, |You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:35and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant, and chargeth them, saying, 'Ye do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:35With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: