The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
Parallel translations
- KJV And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
- BSB The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
- NKJV Thus the children of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;
- NASB So the sons of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had saved them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;
- NLT They forgot the Lord their God, who had rescued them from all their enemies surrounding them.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 78:42They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- Ps 106:21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
- Ps 78:11They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
- Jer 2:32“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
- Deut 4:9Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;
- Ps 106:18A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
- Judg 3:7The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
- Eccl 12:1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
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