And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
Jeremiah 10:2 - New Revised Standard Version Thus says the Lord: Do not learn the way of the nations, or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens; for the nations are dismayed at them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord: Learn not the way of the [heathen] nations and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, though they are dismayed at them, American Standard Version (1901) thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them. Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: Don’t follow the ways of the nations or be troubled by signs in the sky, even though the nations are troubled by them. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: "Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven which the heathens fear: |
And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, “Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.”
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.
You shall not follow the practices of the nation that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations.
and I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; you shall not pay reverence to the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not given heed to my voice.”