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2 Kings 21:5–6

And he built altars for eall the host of heaven in hthe two courts of the house of the Lord. And ihe made his son pass through the fire, and jobserved times, and kused enchantments, and dealt with lfamiliar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to mprovoke him to anger.

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2 Kings 21:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

In the two courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. Manasseh also sacrificed his own son in the fire. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the Lord’s sight, arousing his anger.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

He built altars to worship the stars in the two courtyards of the Temple of the Lord. He made his own son pass through fire. He practiced magic and told the future by explaining signs and dreams, and he got advice from mediums and fortune-tellers. He did many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord angry.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah. And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah. And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple, he built altars for the entire army of heaven. He burned his son as a sacrifice, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, and appointed ⸤royal⸥ mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the Lord furious.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple. He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a great amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. He made his son pass through fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

He built an altar to all of the host of heaven in the two courtyards of the temple of Yahweh. He made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying and divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He increased the doing of evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke him.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

In both courtyards of the Lord’s temple Manasseh built altars to honor all of the stars.

He sacrificed his own son in the fire to another god. He practiced all kinds of evil magic. He got messages from those who had died. He talked to the spirits of the dead. He did many things that were evil in the sight of the Lord. He made him very angry.

2 Kings 21:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord provoking Him to anger.


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