Deuteronomy 29:18
What does Deuteronomy 29:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 29:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah ourGod, to go and serve thegods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood,
Context
v.17and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
v.18This passage
v.19and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Hosea 10:4
They speakvainwords, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- Deuteronomy 17:2
If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
- Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plowtherewith oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
- Jeremiah 9:15
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
- Hebrews 12:15
looking carefully lestthere beany man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;
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