Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThey rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. Young's Literal Translation and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them; King James Bible And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. Hebrew They rejectedוַיִּמְאֲס֣וּ (way·yim·’ă·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear His statutes חֻקָּ֗יו (ḥuq·qāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute and the covenant בְּרִיתוֹ֙ (bə·rî·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant He had made כָּרַ֣ת (kā·raṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among their fathers, אֲבוֹתָ֔ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father as well as the decrees עֵֽדְוֺתָ֔יו (‘ê·ḏə·wō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5715: Testimony He had given them. הֵעִ֖יד (hê·‘îḏ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5749: To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore They pursued וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk worthless idols הַהֶ֙בֶל֙ (ha·he·ḇel) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory and themselves became worthless, וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ (way·yeh·bā·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1891: To act emptily, become vain going after וְאַחֲרֵ֤י (wə·’a·ḥă·rê) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part the surrounding סְבִֽיבֹתָ֔ם (sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯām) Adverb | third person masculine plural Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around nations הַגּוֹיִם֙ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had commanded צִוָּ֤ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order them not לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until to imitate. עֲשׂ֥וֹת (‘ă·śō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make |