Deuteronomy 11:16
What does Deuteronomy 11:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 11:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Beware lest perhaps your heart be deceived, and you depart from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve othergods, and bow down to them,
Context
v.15And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full.
v.16This passage
v.17and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- James 1:26
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
- Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
- Hebrews 4:1
Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
- Luke 21:8
And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them.
- Isaiah 44:20
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
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