Judges 3:7
And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Feceruntque malum in conspectu Domini, et obliti sunt Dei sui, servientes Baalim et Astaroth.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπελάθοντο Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τοῖς Βααλεὶμ καὶ τοῖς ἄλσεσιν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶת הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיִּשְׁכְּח֖וּ אֶת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ אֶת הַבְּעָלִ֖ים וְאֶת הָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת
Haydock's commentary
Astaroth. Hebrew Asheroth, Septuagint, "the groves," (Menochius) of which Astaroth was the goddess, (Calmet) like Diana, chap. ii. 11. Various trees were sacred to idols. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.