Eliyahu came near to all the people, and said, *How long will you waver between the two sides? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Ba`al, then follow him.* The people answered him not a word.
2 Kings 17:41 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So these nations feared the LORD, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So these nations [vainly] feared the Lord and also served their graven images, as did their children and their children's children. As their fathers did, so do they to this day. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible So these nations worship the LORD, but they also serve their idols. The children and the grandchildren are doing the very same thing their parents did. And that’s how things still are today. Catholic Public Domain Version And such were these nations: to some extent fearing the Lord, yet nevertheless also serving their idols. As for their sons and grandsons, just as their fathers acted, so also did they act, even to the present day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless served also their idols: their children also and grandchildren, as their fathers did, so do they unto this day. |
Eliyahu came near to all the people, and said, *How long will you waver between the two sides? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Ba`al, then follow him.* The people answered him not a word.
those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malkam,
*No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.