A Warning against Idolatry
Deuteronomy 12:32
In 11 translations
- BSB
- See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- KJV
- What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- WEB
- Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
- ASV
- What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- LSV
- The whole thing which I am commanding you, you observe to do it; you do not add to it, nor diminish from it.”
- YLT
- The whole thing which I am commanding you — it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.
- DBY
- Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.
- DRC
- What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
- GNV
- Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought therefrom.
- JPS13:1
- All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- LXXE13:1
- Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.
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Original-language editions
- WLC13:1
- אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֹת֥וֹ תִשְׁמְר֖וּ לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת לֹא־תֹסֵ֣ף עָלָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א תִגְרַ֖ע מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃KJV:Deut.12.32
- LXX-Br13:1
- Πᾶν ῥῆμα ὃ ἐγὼ ἐντλλομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον, τοῦτο φυλάξῃ ποιεῖν· οὐ προσθήσεις ἐπʼ αὐτό, οὐδὲ ἀφελεῖς ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 4:2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
- Revelation 22:18–19I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God…
- Joshua 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
- Proverbs 30:6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
- Deuteronomy 13:18because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
- Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 13:1 in some Bibles
- 12:32 in most Bibles