Deuteronomy 13:7
What does Deuteronomy 13:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 13:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862of the gods of the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth) --
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Of all the nations round about, that are near or afar off, from one end of the earth to the other,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890of thegods of the peoples which are round about you, near unto thee, or far from thee, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth),
Context
v.6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
v.7This passage
v.8thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
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