2 Kings 17:25

NETBible

When they first moved in, 1  they did not worship 2  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

NIV ©

When they first lived there, they did not worship the LORD; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.

NASB ©

At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.

NLT ©

But since these foreign settlers did not worship the LORD when they first arrived, the LORD sent lions among them to kill some of them.

MSG ©

When the Assyrians first moved in, GOD was just another god to them; they neither honored nor worshiped him. Then GOD sent lions among them and people were mauled and killed.

BBE ©

Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

NRSV ©

When they first settled there, they did not worship the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

NKJV ©

And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

KJV
And [so] it was at the beginning
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of their dwelling
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there, [that] they feared
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not the LORD
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therefore the LORD
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sent
<07971> (8762)
lions
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among them, which slew
<02026> (8802)
[some] of them.
NASB ©
At the beginning
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of their living
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there
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, they did not fear
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the LORD
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; therefore the LORD
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sent
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lions
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among them which killed
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some of them.
LXXM
kai
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CONJ
egeneto
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V-AMI-3S
en
<1722> 
PREP
arch
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N-DSF
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
kayedrav
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N-GSF
autwn
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D-GPM
ouk
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ADV
efobhyhsan
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V-API-3P
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
kurion
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N-ASM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
apesteilen
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V-AAI-3S
kuriov
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N-NSM
en
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PREP
autoiv
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D-DPM
touv
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T-APM
leontav
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N-APM
kai
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CONJ
hsan
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V-IAI-3P
apoktennontev
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V-PAPNP
en
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PREP
autoiv
<846> 
D-DPM
NET [draft] ITL
When
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they first
<08462>
moved
<03427>
in, they did not
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worship
<03372>
the Lord
<03068>
. So the Lord
<03068>
sent
<07971>
lions among them and the lions
<0738>
were
<01961>
killing
<02026>
them.
HEBREW
Mhb
<0>
Mygrh
<02026>
wyhyw
<01961>
twyrah
<0738>
ta
<0853>
Mhb
<0>
hwhy
<03068>
xlsyw
<07971>
hwhy
<03068>
ta
<0853>
wary
<03372>
al
<03808>
Ms
<08033>
Mtbs
<03427>
tlxtb
<08462>
yhyw (17:25)
<01961>
NETBible

When they first moved in, 1  they did not worship 2  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

2 tn Heb “fear.”