Deuteronomy 12:8
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Deuteronomy 12:8 in other translations
| BSB | You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes. |
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| WEB | You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; |
| ASV | Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes; |
| YLT | ‘Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes, |
| DARBY | Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes. |
| BBE | You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him: |
| Webster | Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes. |
What does Deuteronomy 12:8 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 12:5-32
The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently…
Deuteronomy 12:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 12:8
- Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
- Acts 7:42
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
- Numbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
- Amos 5:25
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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Context
- Deuteronomy 12:7
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
- Deuteronomy 12:8
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
- Deuteronomy 12:9
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
Deuteronomy 12:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No haréis como todo lo que nosotros hacemos aquí ahora, cada uno lo que le parece, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous ne ferez pas selon tout ce que nous faisons ici aujourd’hui, chacun ce qui est bon à ses yeux; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr sollt nicht tun nach allem, was wir heute hier tun, ein jeder, was irgend recht ist in seinen Augen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non facietis ibi quæ nos hic facimus hodie, singuli quod sibi rectum videtur: |