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Deuteronomy 17:14

Deuteronomy chapter 17 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

Context

v.13And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

v.14This passage

v.15thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 18:9

    When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

  • Leviticus 14:34

    When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

  • 1 Samuel 8:19

    But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

  • Joshua 1:13

    Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.

  • Deuteronomy 11:31

    For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

  • Deuteronomy 26:9

    and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.