Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You shall not act like this toward the Lord your God.
King James Version
Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Holman Bible
Don’t worship the Lord your God this way.
International Standard Version
"You must not act like this with respect to the LORD your God.
A Conservative Version
Ye shall not do so to LORD your God.
American Standard Version
Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.
Amplified
You shall not act like this toward the Lord your God.
Bible in Basic English
Do not so to the Lord your God.
Darby Translation
Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God;
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall not do so to Jehovah your God.
King James 2000
You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You shall not worship Yahweh your God like this.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not do so to Jehovah your God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
See ye do not so unto the LORD your God;
NET Bible
You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not do so to the LORD your God.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye must not do thus unto Yahweh your God;
Webster
Ye shall not do so to the LORD your God.
World English Bible
You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 12:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
3 Tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Burn their Asherah poles with fire. Cut down the carved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place. 4 You shall not act like this toward the Lord your God. 5 You should seek Jehovah at the place Jehovah your God chooses out of all your tribes. This is where he will dwell and establish his name. This is where you should go.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 20:23
The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things. I hated them for it! So do not follow their example.
Deuteronomy 16:21-22
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
Deuteronomy 12:30-31
Be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, for they will be destroyed. Do not inquire after their gods, saying: How do these nations serve their gods that I also may do likewise?
Deuteronomy 20:18
Otherwise, they will teach you to do all the disgusting things they do for their gods. You will sin against Jehovah your God.