Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Holman Bible
“If your brother, the son of your mother,
International Standard Version
"Your own blood brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your friend who is like your soul mate may entice you quietly. He may tell you, "Let's go and serve other gods,' (whom neither you nor your ancestors have known
A Conservative Version
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is as thine own soul, entices thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou have not known, thou,
American Standard Version
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Amplified
“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or
Bible in Basic English
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;
Darby Translation
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Julia Smith Translation
When thy brother, the son of thy mother, shall entice thee, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thy soul, in secret, saying, We will go and serve other gods which thou knewest not, thou, and thy fathers;
King James 2000
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If your brother, the son of your mother or your son or your daughter {or your wife whom you embrace} or {your intimate friend} in secrecy {says}, 'Let us go and let us serve other gods!' [gods] that you and your ancestors have not known,
Modern King James verseion
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is like your own soul, lures you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thine own son or thy daughter or the wife that lieth in thy bosom or thy friend which is as thine own soul unto thee, entice thee secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve strange gods which thou hast not known nor yet thy fathers,
New Heart English Bible
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
The Emphasized Bible
When thy brother - son of thine own mother or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying, - Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Webster
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is as thy own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
World English Bible
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
Youngs Literal Translation
When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Forbidden
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Are ensnaring
Marriage » Obligations under, inferior to duty to God
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » False prophecy
Topics
Interlinear
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Bath
Rea`
Nephesh
Cether
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 13:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
5 As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within. 6 Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known, 7 the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other).
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:54
The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.
1 Samuel 18:1
When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.
1 Samuel 18:3
Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.
1 Samuel 20:17
Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "You have brought this wrong on me! I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the Lord judge between you and me!"
Deuteronomy 17:2-7
Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you -- in one of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you -- who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant
Deuteronomy 29:18
Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the Lord our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit.
Deuteronomy 32:16-18
They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.
Judges 2:13
They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars.
Judges 5:8
God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.
Judges 10:6
The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.
2 Samuel 1:26
I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.
1 Kings 11:5-7
Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
2 Kings 17:30-31
The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the people from Cuth made Nergal, the people from Hamath made Ashima,
Job 31:27
so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,
Proverbs 5:20
But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
Proverbs 18:24
A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Micah 7:5-7
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
Matthew 12:48-50
To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"
2 Corinthians 5:16
So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.
Galatians 2:4
Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
Ephesians 4:14
So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
Colossians 2:4
I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
1 John 2:26-27
These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
Revelation 12:9
So that huge dragon -- the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world -- was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
Revelation 13:14
and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
Revelation 20:3
The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)