16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

16 Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the Lord. And he was grieved by their misery.

16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

16 Then the Israelites threw away the foreign gods among them, and they worshiped the Lord again. So he felt sorry for them when he saw their suffering.

16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods they had and served the Lord. So the Lord could not bear to have Israel suffer any longer. 

16 So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the Lord, and He became weary of Israel’s misery.

16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and worshiped the Lord; and he could no longer bear to see Israel suffer.

16 So they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served Yahweh; and he could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

16 Then they got rid of the strange gods that were among them. They served the Lord. And he couldn’t stand to see Israel suffer anymore.

16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.