Other translations
American Standard Version
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Darby Bible Translation
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
God's Word
They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the LORD, but they can't find him. He has left them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD but do not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.
International Standard Version
They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
NET Bible
Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him--he has withdrawn himself from them!
New American Standard Bible
They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.
New International Version
When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
New Living Translation
When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the LORD, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them.
Webster's Bible Translation
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
The World English Bible
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
EasyEnglish Bible
They take their sheep and cows to offer as sacrifices to the Lord. They want the Lord to help them, but he does not answer them. They cannot find him because he has gone away from them.
Young‘s Literal Translation
With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.
New Life Version
They will go with their flocks and cattle to look for the Lord, but they will not find Him. He has gone away from them.
The Voice Bible
They’ll go with their flocks and their herds to seek Me, offering a multitude of sacrifices, but they won’t find Me because they are abandoned.
Living Bible
Then at last, they will come with their flocks and herds to sacrifice to God, but it will be too late—they will not find him. He has withdrawn from them and they are left alone.
New Catholic Bible
With their sheep and their cattle, they shall go forth to seek the Lord. However, they will not find him, for he has withdrawn from them.
Legacy Standard Bible
They will go with their flocks and herds To seek Yahweh, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.
Jubilee Bible 2000
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds seeking the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
Christian Standard Bible
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
Amplified Bible © 1954
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord [inquiring for and requiring Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
New Century Version
They will come to worship the Lord, bringing their flocks and herds, but they will not be able to find him, because he has left them.
The Message
“Bloated by arrogance, big as a house, they’re a public disgrace, The lot of them—Israel, Ephraim, Judah— lurching and weaving down their guilty streets. When they decide to get their lives together and go off looking for God once again, They’ll find it’s too late. I, God, will be long gone. They’ve played fast and loose with me for too long, filling the country with their bastard offspring. A plague of locusts will devastate their violated land.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord, but they will not find him. He has withdrawn from them.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
Good News Translation®
They take their sheep and cattle to offer as sacrifices to the Lord, but it does them no good. They cannot find him, for he has left them.
Wycliffe Bible
In their flocks and in their droves, they go to seek the Lord, and they shall not find (him); he is taken away from them. (With their flocks and their herds, they go to seek the Lord, but they shall not find him; for he hath taken himself away from them.)
Contemporary English Version
You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
Common English Bible © 2011
With their sheep and their cattle they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
Amplified Bible © 2015
They will go with their flocks and with their herds To seek the Lord [diligently searching for Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them [refusing to hear the prayers of the unrepentant].
English Standard Version Anglicised
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
New American Standard Bible
They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.
The Expanded Bible
They will come to ·worship [L seek] the Lord, bringing their flocks and herds, but they will not be able to find him, because he has ·left [withdrawn from] them.
Tree of Life Version
With their flocks and with their herds they will go to seek Adonai, but they will not find Him— He has withdrawn from them.
Revised Standard Version
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
New International Reader's Version
Israel will come to worship the Lord. They will bring their animals to offer as sacrifices. But they will not find him. He has turned away from them.
BRG Bible
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Complete Jewish Bible
With their flocks and herds they will go in search of Adonai. But they won’t find him; he has withdrawn from them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Hashem; but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them.
Names of God Bible
They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for Yahweh, but they can’t find him. He has left them.
Modern English Version
With their flocks and their herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him. He has withdrawn from them.
Easy-to-Read Version
“The leaders of the people went to look for the Lord. They took their sheep and cattle with them, but they did not find the Lord because he refused to accept them.
International Children’s Bible
The people will come to worship the Lord. They will come with their sheep and cattle. But they will not be able to find him, because he has left them.
Lexham English Bible
With their flocks and herds they will go to seek Yahweh, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
New International Version - UK
When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.