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


In Context

37 The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore. You shall not fear other gods.

38 You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you; neither shall you fear other gods.

39 But you shall fear Yahweh your God; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.|

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

41 So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images. Their children likewise, and their children's children, as their fathers did, so they do to 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:40And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.