14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.


In Context

11 And there they burnt incense on all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:14But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who did not trust in the Lord their God.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:14And they hearkened not, but hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers, who would not obey the Lord their God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:14But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in the LORD their God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:14Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in Yahweh their God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:14and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.