Deuteronomy 17:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ You must carry out the law that they interpret for you or the ruling that they announce to you; do not turn aside from the decision that they announce to you, either to the right or to the left.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ according to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ According to the decision of the law which they shall teach you and the judgment which they shall announce to you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the verdict they give you, either to the right hand or the left.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Act precisely according to the instruction they give you and the ruling they announce to you. Don’t deviate even a bit from the word they announce.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ in accord with his law, and you shall follow their sentence. Neither shall you turn aside to the right or to the left.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ According to his law. And thou shalt follow their sentence: neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand.

Deuteronomy 17:11 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:19

The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn right or left from anything that my lord the king has said. For it was your servant Joab who commanded me; it was he who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.

Proverbs 4:27

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Leviticus 10:11

and you are to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

Deuteronomy 17:10

Carry out exactly the decision that they announce to you from the place that the Lord will choose, diligently observing everything they instruct you.

Deuteronomy 17:20

neither exalting himself above other members of the community nor turning aside from the commandment, either to the right or to the left, so that he and his descendants may reign long over his kingdom in Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:1

“Suppose two persons have a dispute and enter into litigation, and the judges decide between them, declaring one to be in the right and the other to be in the wrong.

Deuteronomy 28:14

and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I am commanding you today, either to the right or to the left, following other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 5:32

You must therefore be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn to the right or to the left.

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

Joshua 1:7

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go.

Joshua 23:6

Therefore be very steadfast to observe and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right nor to the left,

2 Peter 2:10

—especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,

Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones.