Deuteronomy 28:14

14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.

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Deuteronomy 28:14 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
English Standard Version (ESV)
14 and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
New Living Translation (NLT)
14 You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.
The Message Bible (MSG)
14 Don't swerve an inch to the right or left from the words that I command you today by going off following and worshiping other gods.
American Standard Version (ASV)
14 and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
14 Do everything I'm commanding you today. Never worship other gods or serve them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
14 Do not turn aside to the right or the left from all the things I am commanding you today, and do not go after other gods to worship them.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
14 Don't turn away from any of the commands I'm giving you today. Don't turn to the right or the left. Don't follow other gods. Don't worship them.

Deuteronomy 28:14 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:14

And thou shall not go aside from any of the words which I
command thee this day
Depart from them as a rule to walk by, turn out from them as a path to walk in, neglect and disobey them, and go into practices contrary to them: turning [to] the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve
them;
which to do was to break the first and principal table of the law, than which nothing was more abominable and provoking to God.

Deuteronomy 28:14 In-Context

12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
15 However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7
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