Deuteronomy 30:17
What does Deuteronomy 30:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 30:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
KJV
King James Version · 1611But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast bowed thyself to other gods, and served them,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But if thy heart be turned away, so that thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods, and serve them:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and thou shalt bow down to othergods and serve them;
Context
v.16in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
v.17This passage
v.18I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself.
- Proverbs 1:32
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
- Deuteronomy 29:18
lest 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;
- Deuteronomy 17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
- Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
- 1 Samuel 12:25
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
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