Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Deuteronomy 11:16 in other translations
| BSB | But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods, |
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| WEB | Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them; |
| ASV | Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; |
| YLT | ‘Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, |
| DARBY | Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve othergods, and bow down to them, |
| BBE | But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods; |
| Webster | Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; |
What does Deuteronomy 11:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:15-17
15-17. I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle--Undoubtedly the special blessing of the former and the latter rain [De 11:14] was one principal cause of the extraordinary fertility of Canaan in ancient times. That blessing was promised to the Israelites as a temporal reward for their fidelity to the national covenant [De 11:13]. It was threatened to be withdrawn on their disobedience or apostasy; and most…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:8-17
Moses sets before them, for the future, life and death, the blessing and the curse, according as they did or did not keep God's commandment. Sin tends to shorten the days of all men, and to shorten the days of a people's prosperity. God will bless them with an abundance of all good things, if they would love him and serve him. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is; but the favour of God shall put…
Deuteronomy 11:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 11:16
- Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- Job 31:27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
- Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
- Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
- James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Deuteronomy 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
- 1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
- Deuteronomy 8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
- Deuteronomy 30:17
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
- Isaiah 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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Context
- Deuteronomy 11:15
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
- Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Deuteronomy 11:17
And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
Deuteronomy 11:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Guardaos, pues, que vuestro corazón no se infatúe, y os apartéis, y sirváis á dioses ajenos, y os inclinéis á ellos; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Prenez garde à vous, de peur que votre cœur ne soit séduit, et que vous ne vous détourniez, et ne serviez d’autres dieux et ne vous prosterniez devant eux, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hütet euch, daß euer Herz nicht verführt werde, und ihr abweichet und anderen Göttern dienet und euch vor ihnen bücket, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cavete ne forte decipiatur cor vestrum, et recedatis a Domino, serviatisque diis alienis, et adoretis eos: |