1 Kings 16:13
What does 1 Kings 16:13 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 16:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862concerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, that they sinned, and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Ela, his son, who sinned, and made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, with their vanities.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and wherewith they made Israel to sin, provoking Jehovah theGod of Israel to anger with their vanities.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jonah 2:8
They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
- Isaiah 41:29
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
- Jeremiah 10:8
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
- 1 Samuel 12:21
and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
- Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
- 2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
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