^5:25But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors¹⁹ and worshiped instead²⁰ the gods of the native peoples²¹ whom God had destroyed before them.

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Footnotes

19 Heb “fathers.”
20 Heb “prostituted themselves after.”
21 Heb “the peoples of the land.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They prostituted themselves with the gods of the nations God had destroyed before them.

NLTNew Living Translation

But these tribes were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They worshiped the gods of the nations that God had destroyed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But they transgressed against the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

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