For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Parallel translations
- KJV For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
- BSB Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
- NKJV For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
- NASB For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful with His covenant.
- NLT Their hearts were not loyal to him. They did not keep his covenant.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 78:8and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
- Acts 8:21You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
- Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
- Hos 10:2Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
- Deut 31:20For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
- Hos 7:14They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
- Ps 119:80Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF
- Hos 7:16They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
- Ps 44:17–18All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
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