2 Kings 17:40

40They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices.

40However, they did not listen, but they kept acting in accordance with their earlier custom.

40However, they did not listen, but they acted in accordance with their former custom.

40But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.

40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

40Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their olde custome.

40However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.

40But the people wouldn’t listen. Instead, they were stubborn. They continued in their old practices.

40But the foreign people who now lived in Samaria would not accept the Lord's teaching. They continued to live in the way that they always had done.

40and they have not listened, but they are doing according to their former custom,