Judges 2:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they went whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them: they quickly turned out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַ֤ם אֶל־שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֔עוּ כִּ֣י זָנ֗וּ אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן־הַדֶּ֜רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָלְכ֧וּ אֲבוֹתָ֛ם לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ מִצְוֺת־יְהוָ֖ה לֹא־עָ֥שׂוּ כֵֽן׃

Transliteration

And-also to-šōp̄əṭêhem not šāmēʿû because zānû after ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm and-wayyištaḥăwû to-them sārû quickly from-the-dereḵ which hāləḵû ʾăḇôtām to-lišmōaʿ miṣwōt-YHWH not-ʿāśû so

Grammar Details

• *šōp̄əṭêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their judges
• *šāmēʿû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they listened
• *zānû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they played the harlot
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - gods
• *ʾăḥērîm*: masculine plural adjective - other
• *wayyištaḥăwû*: waw-consecutive + hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they bowed down
• *sārû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they turned aside
• *dereḵ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the way
• *hāləḵû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they walked
• *ʾăḇôtām*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers
• *lišmōaʿ*: qal infinitive construct with preposition ל - to hear
• *miṣwōt*: feminine plural construct - commandments of
• *ʿāśû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they did

Word Meanings

• *šōp̄əṭêhem*: their judges/leaders
• *šāmēʿû*: they listened/heard/obeyed
• *zānû*: they played the harlot/were unfaithful/prostituted themselves
• *ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾăḥērîm*: other gods/foreign deities
• *wayyištaḥăwû*: they bowed down/prostrated themselves/worshipped
• *sārû*: they turned aside/departed/deviated
• *dereḵ*: way/path/road
• *hāləḵû*: they walked/went/followed
• *ʾăḇôtām*: their fathers/ancestors
• *lišmōaʿ*: to hear/listen to/obey
• *miṣwōt*: commandments/precepts/ordinances
• *ʿāśû*: they did/made/performed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Yet they did not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. They turned quickly from the way their ancestors had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments. They did not do as their ancestors had done.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And yet they hearkened{H8085} not unto their judges;{H8199} for they played the harlot{H2181} after{H310} other{H312} gods,{H430} and bowed{H7812} themselves down unto them: they turned{H5493} aside quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} wherein their fathers{H1} walked,{H1980} obeying{H8085} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah;{H3068} [but] they did{H6213} not so.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And yet they would not hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} unto their judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, but they went a whoring{H2181}{(H8804)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} themselves unto them: they turned{H5493}{(H8804)} quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} which their fathers{H1} walked in{H1980}{(H8804)}, obeying{H8085}{(H8800)} the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068}; but they did{H6213}{(H8804)} not so.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  they folowed not the iudges nether, but wente a whoringe after other goddes, & worshipped them, and were soone gone out of ye waye yt their fathers walked in, to heare the comaundementes of the LORDE, & dyd not as they dyd.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And yet for all that they woulde not hearken vnto their iudges: but rather went a whoring after straunge goddes, and bowed them selues vnto them, and turned quickly out of the way, whiche their fathers walked in, obeying the comaundementes of the Lorde: But they dyd not so.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; [but] they didn't do so.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; [but] they didn't do so.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD’s commands, but they did not.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 2:7 : 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
• Deut 9:12 : 12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image.
• Deut 9:16 : 16 And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
• Josh 24:24 : 24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
• Josh 24:31 : 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD, which he had done for Israel.
• Exod 32:8 : 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a molten calf, have worshiped it, have sacrificed to it, and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
• Exod 34:15-16 : 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice. 16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.
• Lev 17:7 : 7 And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have gone whoring. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.
• 1 Sam 8:5-8 : 5 And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD. 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, by forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you also.
• 1 Sam 12:12 : 12 And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
• 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
• 1 Sam 12:19 : 19 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we do not die: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
• 2 Chr 36:15-16 : 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending them, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
• Ps 73:27 : 27 For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
• Ps 106:39 : 39 Thus they were defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own inventions.
• Ps 106:43 : 43 Many times he delivered them, but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
• Hos 2:2 : 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
• Gal 1:6 : 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel,
• Rev 17:1-5 : 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come here; I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication: 5 And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.