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Sorcery Forbidden

Deuteronomy 18:11

In 11 translations

BSB
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
KJV
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
WEB
or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
ASV
or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
LSV
and a charmer, and one inquiring from a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking to the dead.
YLT
and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.
DBY
or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
DRC
Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead.
GNV
Or a charmer, or that counselleth with spirits, or a soothsaier, or that asketh counsel at ye dead.
JPS
or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.
LXXE
a sorcerer employing incantation, one who has in him a divining spirit, an observer of signs, questioning the dead.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְחֹבֵ֖ר חָ֑בֶר וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל אוֹב֙ וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים׃
LXX-Br
ἐπαείδων ἐπαοιδὴν, ἐγγαστρίμυθος, καὶ τερατοσκόπος, ἐπερωτῶν τοὺς νεκρούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 28:11–14“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied. But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!” “Do not be…
  • Leviticus 19:31You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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