Deuteronomy 17:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ according to the instructions which they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the verdict which they declare to you, either to the right hand 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 to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who bade me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

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 people of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by Moses.”

Deuteronomy 17:10

Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place which the Lord will choose; and you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you;

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left; so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:1

“If there is a dispute between men, and they come into court, and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,

Deuteronomy 28:14

and if you do 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.

Deuteronomy 5:32

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

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work,

Joshua 1:7

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

Joshua 23:6

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

2 Peter 2:10

and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and wilful, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones,

Jude 1:8

Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.