1 Kings 14:9
What does 1 Kings 14:9 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 14:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
KJV
King James Version · 1611But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But you have done evil more than any before you, and have made for yourself other gods, and images of metal, moving me to wrath, and turning your back on me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and thou dost evil above all who have been before thee, and goest, and makest to thee other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and Me thou hast cast behind thy back:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast made thee strange gods, and molten gods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890but thou hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee othergods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
Context
v.8and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes,
v.9This passage
v.10therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 21:3
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
- Deuteronomy 32:16
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Psalms 50:17
Seeing that thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
- Psalms 78:40
How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
- Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
- Deuteronomy 9:24
Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.
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