Deuteronomy 18:9,14 - Compare All Versions

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When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.

“When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.

for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do this.

“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.

The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the LORD your God forbids you to do such things.”

“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.

Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this.

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

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

“When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations.

For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.

When you enter the land that GOD, your God, is giving you, don’t take on the abominable ways of life of the nations there. Don’t you dare sacrifice your son or daughter in the fire. Don’t practice divination, sorcery, fortunetelling, witchery, casting spells, holding séances, or channeling with the dead. People who do these things are an abomination to GOD. It’s because of just such abominable practices that GOD, your God, is driving these nations out before you.

Be completely loyal to GOD, your God. These nations that you’re about to run out of the country consort with sorcerers and witches. But not you. GOD, your God, forbids it.

“When you enter the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.

For these nations, which you are going to dispossess, listen to soothsayers and diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.

“When you enter the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable (repulsive) practices of those nations.

For these nations which you shall dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners and fortune-tellers, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.

When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the LORD your God has not given you permission to do such things.