Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And there shall you build an altar unto the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you
King James Version
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
Holman Bible
Build an altar of stones there to the Lord your God—you must not use any iron tool on them.
International Standard Version
Then build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones that hasn't been worked with iron tools.
A Conservative Version
And there thou shall build an altar to LORD thy God, an altar of stones. Thou shall lift up no iron upon them.
American Standard Version
And there shalt thou build an altar unto Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them.
Amplified
There you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them.
Bible in Basic English
There you are to make an altar to the Lord your God, of stones on which no iron instrument has been used.
Darby Translation
And there shalt thou build an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up an iron tool upon them;
Julia Smith Translation
And build there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up iron upon them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall build an altar there for Yahweh your God, an altar of stone, but {you shall not use an iron tool to shape the stones}.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall build an altar there to Jehovah your God, an altar of stones. You shall not lift up any iron tool on them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there build, unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; and see thou lift up no iron upon them.
NET Bible
Then you must build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones -- do not use an iron tool on them.
New Heart English Bible
There you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron on them.
The Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt build there an altar unto Yahweh thy God, - an altar of stones, thou shalt not wield thereupon any tool of iron.
Webster
And there shalt thou build an altar to the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
World English Bible
There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.
Youngs Literal Translation
and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron.
Themes
Altar » Mosaic commandments prescribing the construction of
Interlinear
Banah
'elohiym
'eben
Nuwph
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 27:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ceremonies
4 Therefore it shall be when you are gone over Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shall you build an altar unto the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of whole stones: and you shall offer burnt offerings on it unto the LORD your God:
Cross References
Exodus 20:25
And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it.
Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Joshua 8:30-31
Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
1 Kings 18:31-32
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be your name: