and would persist in heinous sinning,
 - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad AsadThey persisted in heinous sins
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malikand persisted in the worst of sin.1
 - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
And used to persist in the awful sin.
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke PickthallAnd persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali