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2 Chronicles 27:2

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the Lord. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices.

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2 Chronicles 27:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Jotham did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done, except that Jotham did not sin by entering the Temple of the Lord. But the people continued in their corrupt ways.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of the Lord). But still the people acted corruptly.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Jotham did what the Lord said was right, just as his father Uzziah had done. But Jotham did not enter the Temple of the Lord to burn incense as his father had. But the people continued doing wrong.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He did what the Lord considered right, as his father Uzziah had done. But unlike his father, he didn’t ⸤illegally⸥ enter the Lord’s temple. Nevertheless, the people continued their corrupt ways. 

2 Chronicles 27:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he didn’t enter the Lord’s sanctuary, but the people still behaved corruptly.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

He did what was right in the sight of the Lord just as his father Uzziah had done—only he did not invade the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done—only he did not go into the temple of Yahweh. But the people still acted corruptly.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done. But Jotham didn’t enter the Lord’s temple as Uzziah had done. In spite of that, the people continued to do very sinful things.

2 Chronicles 27:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people continued acting corruptly.


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