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2 Kings 17:9

And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, ifrom watchtower to fortified city.

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2 Kings 17:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns.

2 Kings 17:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Kings 17:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the Lord their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city.

2 Kings 17:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Also the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.

2 Kings 17:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

secretly sinning against the Lord their God. They built places to worship gods in all their cities, from the watchtower to the strong, walled city.

2 Kings 17:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

2 Kings 17:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower to the fortified city.

2 Kings 17:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that weren’t right: 

They built for themselves illegal places of worship in all of their cities, from the ⸤smallest⸥ watchtower to the ⸤largest⸥ fortified city. 

2 Kings 17:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Israelites secretly did what was not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city.

2 Kings 17:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The people of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;

2 Kings 17:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The Israelites secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God; they built high places for themselves in all their towns, from the watchtower up to the fortified city.

2 Kings 17:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The people of Israel did things against the Lord their God in secret. What they did wasn’t right. They built high places for worship in all of their towns. They built them at lookout towers. They also built them at cities that had high walls around them.

2 Kings 17:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right against the Lord their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.


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