Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThey worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them. King James Bible They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. Hebrew They worshipedיְרֵאִ֑ים (yə·rê·’îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel but they also served עֹֽבְדִ֔ים (‘ō·ḇə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave their own gods אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative according to the customs כְּמִשְׁפַּט֙ (kə·miš·paṭ) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style of the nations הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts from which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they had been carried away. הִגְל֥וּ (hiḡ·lū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal |