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The Choice of Life or Death

Deuteronomy 30:17

In 11 translations

BSB
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
KJV
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
WEB
But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away and worship other gods, and serve them,
ASV
But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
LSV
And if your heart turns, and you do not listen, and have been drawn away, and have bowed yourself to other gods and served them,
YLT
'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,
DBY
But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and thou shalt bow down to other gods and serve them;Elohim
DRC
But if thy heart be turned away, so that thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods, and serve them:
GNV
But if thine heart turne away, so that thou wilt not obey, but shalt be seduced and worship other gods, and serue them,
JPS
But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
LXXE
But if thy heart change, and thou wilt not hearken, and thou shalt go astray and worship other gods, and serve them,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאִם־יִפְנֶ֥ה לְבָבְךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע וְנִדַּחְתָּ֗ וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָ לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐὰν μεταστῇ ἡ καρδία σου, καὶ μὴ εἰσακούσῃς, καὶ πλανηθεὶς προσκυνήσῃς θεοῖς ἑτέροις καὶ λατρεύσῃς αὐτοῖς,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
  • 2 Timothy 4:4So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
  • Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
  • Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
  • Deuteronomy 29:18–28Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous…
  • 1 Kings 11:2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
  • Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
  • Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
  • John 3:19–21And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
  • 1 Samuel 12:25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

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