KJV King James Version
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
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Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
WEB World English Bible
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didn’t dread.
ASV American Standard Version
They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They sacrifice to demons—no god! Gods they have not known—New ones—from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.
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יִזְבְּח֗וּH2076 · za.vachto sacrificeלַשֵּׁדִים֙H7700 · sheddemonלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotאֱלֹ֔הַH433 · e.lo.ahgodאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיְדָע֑וּםH3045 · ya.dato knowחֲדָשִׁים֙H2319 · cha.dashNew (Gate)מִקָּרֹ֣בH7138 · qa.rovnearבָּ֔אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotשְׂעָר֖וּםH8175 · sa.arto shudderאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 28:64And 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.Judges 5:8They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?Leviticus 17:7And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;Deuteronomy 32:21They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.Isaiah 44:8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any].Psalm 106:37-38Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,Jeremiah 10:15They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.Revelation 9:20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:1 Corinthians 8:4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.1 Corinthians 10:19-20What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
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