Deuteronomy 18:11
What does Deuteronomy 18:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 18:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Or anyone using secret force on people, or putting questions to a spirit, or having secret knowledge, or going to the dead for directions.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
Context
v.10There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
v.11This passage
v.12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 28:11
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
- Leviticus 19:31
Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
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