Deuteronomy 29:26
New International Version
They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them.

New Living Translation
Instead, they turned away to serve and worship gods they had not known before, gods that were not from the LORD.

English Standard Version
and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them.

Berean Standard Bible
They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

King James Bible
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

New King James Version
for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them.

New American Standard Bible
And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they have not known and whom He had not assigned to them.

NASB 1995
‘They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted to them.

NASB 1977
‘And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted to them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not apportioned to them.

Amplified Bible
For they went and served other gods and worshiped them, [false] gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted (given) to them.

Christian Standard Bible
They began to serve other gods, bowing in worship to gods they had not known —gods that the LORD had not permitted them to worship.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not permitted them to worship.

American Standard Version
and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they went and they worked for other gods and worshipped them, gods that they did not know and were not assigned to them:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign them to them.

Contemporary English Version
and decided to worship gods that had never helped them. The LORD had forbidden Israel to worship these gods,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:

English Revised Version
and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They worshiped other gods and bowed down to them. These were gods they never heard of, gods the LORD didn't permit them to have.

Good News Translation
They served other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that the LORD had forbidden them to worship.

International Standard Version
They followed and worshipped other gods whom they had not known and whom he did not assign to them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that He had not allotted unto them;

Literal Standard Version
and they go and serve other gods, and bow themselves to them—gods which they have not known, and which He has not apportioned to them;

Majority Standard Bible
They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

New American Bible
and they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods whom they did not know and whom he had not apportioned to them.

NET Bible
They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.

New Revised Standard Version
They turned and served other gods, worshiping them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them;

New Heart English Bible
and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that they did not know, and that he had not given to them:

Webster's Bible Translation
For they went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods which they knew not, and which he had not given to them:

World English Bible
and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they didn’t know and that he had not given to them.

Young's Literal Translation
and they go and serve other gods, and bow themselves to them -- gods which they have not known, and which He hath not apportioned to them;

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Context
The Covenant in Moab
25And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 26They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known— gods that the LORD had not given to them. 27Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Deuteronomy 29:25
And the people will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 29:27
Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.

2 Kings 22:17
because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.'

Jeremiah 16:11
Then you are to answer them: 'It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

Jeremiah 44:3
because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.


Treasury of Scripture

For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them:

they went

Judges 2:12,13
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger…

Judges 5:8
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

2 Kings 17:7-18
For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, …

gods whom

Deuteronomy 28:64
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

whom he had, etc.

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Deuteronomy 29
1. Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen
10. All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant
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(26) Whom he had not given.--The latter clause may be a change from plural to singular. "They went and served other gods, gods whom they knew not, and none of whom gave them any portion."

Verse 26. - Gods... whom he had not given unto them (cf. Deuteronomy 4:19).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They went
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and served
וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙ (way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

other
אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

gods,
אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and they worshiped
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ‪‬ (way·yiš·ta·ḥăw·wū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

gods
אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

they had not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

known—
יְדָע֔וּם (yə·ḏā·‘ūm)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

gods that [the LORD] had not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

given
חָלַ֖ק (ḥā·laq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

to them.
לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


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