17They sacrifice to demons — no god! Gods they have not known — New ones — from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!


In Context

14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!

15 And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat — thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.

16 They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.

17 They sacrifice to demons — no god! Gods they have not known — New ones — from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!

18 The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.

19 And Jehovah seeth and despiseth — For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

Deuteronomy 32:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed to demons, which are not God- gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your fathers did not fear.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed to devils and not to God: to gods whom they knew not: that were newly come up, whom their fathers worshipped not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed unto demons who are not +God; To gods whom they knew not, To new ones, who came newly up, Whom your fathers revered not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods whom they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Whom your fathers dreaded not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods which they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, to gods that they didn't know, to new [gods] that came up of late, which your fathers didn't dread.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:17They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.