2 Kings 17:33,41
2 Kings 17:33 New International Version (NIV)
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.
2 Kings 17:41 New International Version (NIV)
Even while these people were worshiping the LORD, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.
2 Kings 17:32-33 The Message (MSG)
They honored and worshiped GOD, but not exclusively—they also appointed all sorts of priests, regardless of qualification, to conduct a variety of rites at the local fertility shrines. They honored and worshiped GOD, but they also kept up their devotions to the old gods of the places they had come from.
2 Kings 17:40-41 The Message (MSG)
But they didn’t pay any attention. They kept doing what they’d always done. As it turned out, all the time these people were putting on a front of worshiping GOD, they were at the same time involved with their local idols. And they’re still doing it. Like father, like son.
2 Kings 17:33 King James Version (KJV)
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
2 Kings 17:41 King James Version (KJV)
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
2 Kings 17:33 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.
2 Kings 17:41 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So while these nations feared the LORD, they also served their idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
2 Kings 17:33 New Century Version (NCV)
The people honored the LORD but also served their own gods, just as the nations did from which they had been brought.
2 Kings 17:41 New Century Version (NCV)
So these nations honored the LORD but also worshiped their idols, and their children and grandchildren still do as their ancestors did.
2 Kings 17:33 American Standard Version (ASV)
They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
2 Kings 17:41 American Standard Version (ASV)
So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children’s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
2 Kings 17:33 New International Version (NIV)
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.
2 Kings 17:41 New International Version (NIV)
Even while these people were worshiping the LORD, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.
2 Kings 17:33 New King James Version (NKJV)
They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods—according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.
II Kings 17:41 New King James Version (NKJV)
So these nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.
2 Kings 17:33 Amplified Bible (AMP)
They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods, following the custom of the nations from among whom they had been sent into exile.
2 Kings 17:41 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So these nations [superficially] feared the LORD; they also served their idols, as did their children and their children’s children, just as their fathers did, so do they to this day [the date of this writing].
2 Kings 17:33 New Living Translation (NLT)
And though they worshiped the LORD, they continued to follow their own gods according to the religious customs of the nations from which they came.
2 Kings 17:41 New Living Translation (NLT)
So while these new residents worshiped the LORD, they also worshiped their idols. And to this day their descendants do the same.