1 Kings 14:9
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
1 Kings 14:9 in other translations
| BSB | You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back. |
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| WEB | but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back, |
| ASV | but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: |
| YLT | and thou dost evil above all who have been before thee, and goest, and makest to thee other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and Me thou hast cast behind thy back: |
| DARBY | but thou hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee othergods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: |
| BBE | But you have done evil more than any before you, and have made for yourself other gods, and images of metal, moving me to wrath, and turning your back on me. |
| Webster | But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: |
What does 1 Kings 14:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:3-11
3-11. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake. The prophet was blind, but having received divine premonition of the pretended countrywoman's coming, he addressed her as the queen the moment she appeared, apprised her of the calamities which, in consequence of the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 14:7-20
Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of…
1 Kings 14:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 14:9
- Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
- Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
- Psalms 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
- 2 Chronicles 11:15
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
- 1 Kings 12:28
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 34:17
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- Psalms 115:4-8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. …
- Isaiah 44:9-20
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. …
- Jeremiah 10:14-16
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
- Jeremiah 7:9-10
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
- Psalms 106:29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16; 12:28; 13:33,34; 15:34; 16:31
thou hast gone.
De 32:16,17,21; Jud 5:8; 2Ch 11:15; Ps 106:19,20; 115:4-8
Isa 44:9-20; Jer 10:14-16
to provoke.
22; De 9:8-16,24; 2Ki 21:3; 23:26; 2Ch 33:6; Ps 78:40,56; 106:29
Jer 7:9,10; Eze 8:3,17; 1Co 10:22
cast me.
Ne 9:26; Ps 50:17; Eze 23:35
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Context
- 1 Kings 14:8
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
- 1 Kings 14:9
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
- 1 Kings 14:10
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
1 Kings 14:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Antes hiciste lo malo sobre todos los que han sido antes de ti: que fuiste y te hiciste dioses ajenos y de fundición para enojarme, y á mí me echaste tras tus espaldas: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais que tu as fait ce qui est mauvais, plus que tous ceux qui ont été avant toi, et que tu es allé et t’es fait d’autres dieux et des images de fonte pour me provoquer à colère, et que tu m’as jeté derrière ton dos,… |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | sondern hast es ärger gemacht als alle, die vor dir gewesen sind, und bist hingegangen und hast dir andere Götter und gegossene Bilder gemacht, um mich zu reizen, und hast mich hinter deinen Rücken geworfen: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed operatus es mala super omnes qui fuerunt ante te, et fecisti tibi deos alienos et conflatiles, ut me ad iracundiam provocares, me autem projecisti post corpus tuum: |