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


In Context

37 and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods;

38 and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;

39 but Jehovah your God ye do fear, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies;'

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

41 and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons' sons; as their fathers did, they are doing 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 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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