Deuteronomy 13 · Verse 3

Deuteronomy 13:3

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 13:3, King James Version

Deuteronomy 13:3 in other translations

BSByou must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
WEByou shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
ASVthou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
YLTthou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;
DARBY— thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
BBEThen give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.
WebsterThou shalt not hearken to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

What does Deuteronomy 13:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The Lord your God proveth you - God permits such impostors to arise to try the faith of his followers, and to put their religious experience to the test; for he who experimentally knows God cannot be drawn away after idols. He who has no experimental knowledge of God, may believe any thing. Experience of the truths contained in the word of God can alone preserve any man from Deism, or a false religion. They who have not this are a prey to the pretended prophet, and to the dreamer of dreams.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 13:1-5

Moses had cautioned against the peril that might arise from the Canaanites. Here he cautions against the rise of idolatry among themselves. It is needful for us to be well acquainted with the truths and precepts of the Bible; for we may expect to be proved by temptations of evil under the appearance of good, of error in the guise of truth; nor can any thing rightly oppose such temptations, but the plain, express…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 13:1-5 →

Deuteronomy 13:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִשְׁמַ֗עtish.Ma'you will listenH8085
אֶל\־'el-toH413
דִּבְרֵי֙div.Rei[the] words ofH1697
הַנָּבִ֣יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
א֛וֹ'oorH176
אֶל\־'el-toH413
חוֹלֵ֥םcho.Lem[the] dreamer ofH2492
הַחֲל֖וֹםha.cha.Lomthe dreamH2472
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
מְנַסֶּ֞הme.na.Seh[is] putting to [the] testH5254
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
לָדַ֗עַתla.Da.'atto knowH3045
הֲיִשְׁכֶ֤םha.yish.Khem¿ [are] there youH3426
אֹֽהֲבִים֙'o.ha.VimlovingH157
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
לְבַבְכֶ֖םle.vav.Khemheart yourH3824
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605
נַפְשְׁכֶֽם\׃naf.she.Khembeing yourH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 13:3

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

  • Psalms 66:10

    For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:19

    For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

  • Deuteronomy 6:5

    And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

  • 1 John 4:1

    Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

  • Revelation 13:14

    And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:11

    And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

  • Isaiah 8:20

    To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  • Matthew 24:24

    For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

  • Ephesians 4:14

    That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

  • 1 John 2:19

    They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:8

    I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hearken.
Isa 8:20; Ac 17:11; Eph 4:14; 1Jo 4:1
proveth.
8:2; Ps 66:10; 81:7; Mt 24:24; 1Co 11:19; 2Th 2:11; 1Jo 2:19; 4:4
Re 13:14
ye love the Lord your God.
6:5; 2Co 8:8

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 13:2

    And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

  • Deuteronomy 13:3

    Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Deuteronomy 13:4

    Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

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Deuteronomy 13:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No darás oído á las palabras de tal profeta, ni al tal soñador de sueños: porque Jehová vuestro Dios os prueba, para saber si amáis á Jehová vuestro Dios con todo vuestro corazón, y con toda vuestra alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et que le signe arrive, ou le miracle dont il t’avait parlé lorsqu’il disait: Allons après d’autres dieux, des dieux que tu n’as point connus, et servons-les;
German
Elberfelder 1871
so sollst du nicht hören auf die Worte dieses Propheten oder auf den, der die Träume hat; denn Jehova, euer Gott, versucht euch, um zu erkennen, ob ihr Jehova, euren Gott, liebet mit eurem ganzen Herzen und mit eurer ganzen Seele.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
non audies verba prophetæ illius aut somniatoris: quia tentat vos Dominus Deus vester, ut palam fiat utrum diligatis eum an non, in toto corde, et in tota anima vestra.