Judges 2:17 “Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostit…”

Judges 2:17

Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

World English Bible

Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly turned away from the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the LORD’s commandments. They didn’t do so.

American Standard Version

And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.

Geneva Bible 1599

But yet they would not obey their Iudges: for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them, and turned quickly out of the way, wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandements of the Lord: they did not so.

Darby Translation

But they did not even hearken to their judges, for they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them; they turned quickly out of the way that their fathers had walked in, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; they did not so.

Young's Literal Translation

and also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside [with] haste out of the way [in] which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah — they have not done so.

Bible in Basic English

But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.

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Cross references

“they would”

1 Samuel 8:5–8 1 Samuel 12:12 1 Samuel 12:17 1 Samuel 12:19 Psalm 106:43 2 Chronicles 36:15

1 Samuel 8:5–8 · BSB

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

1 Samuel 12:12 · BSB

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

1 Samuel 12:17 · BSB

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:19 · BSB

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

Psalm 106:43 · BSB

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

2 Chronicles 36:15 · BSB

Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

“whoring”

Hosea 2:2 Revelation 17:1–5 Leviticus 17:7 Psalm 73:27 Psalm 106:39 Exodus 34:15

Hosea 2:2 · BSB

Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

Revelation 17:1–5 · BSB

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Leviticus 17:7 · BSB

They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’

Psalm 73:27 · BSB

Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

Psalm 106:39 · BSB

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Exodus 34:15 · BSB

Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

“quickly”

Deuteronomy 9:12 Galatians 1:6 Exodus 32:8 Deuteronomy 9:16

Deuteronomy 9:12 · BSB

And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have…

Galatians 1:6 · BSB

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Exodus 32:8 · BSB

How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brou…

Deuteronomy 9:16 · BSB

And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.

“which their”

Judges 2:7 Joshua 24:24 Joshua 24:31

Judges 2:7 · BSB

And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

Joshua 24:24 · BSB

So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

Joshua 24:31 · BSB

Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

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