Deuteronomy 13:8 - Tree of Life Version from among the gods of the peoples around you, near you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not give consent to him or listen to him; nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him. American Standard Version (1901) thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: Common English Bible don’t give in to them! Don’t obey them! Don’t have any mercy on them! Don’t have compassion on them and don’t protect them! Catholic Public Domain Version you should neither agree with him, nor listen to him. And your eye should not spare him so that you take pity on him and conceal him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Consent not to him, hear him not: neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him. |
“Therefore, as I live, says Adonai Elohim, surely, because you have defiled My Sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will shave you off. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
“Suppose your brother—your mother’s son—or your son or daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your best friend of your own soul misleads you secretly, saying, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods’—that you and your fathers have not known,
Your eye should not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
“Adonai will scatter you among all peoples from the one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods—wood and stone—that you and your fathers have not known.
They sacrificed to demons, a non-god, gods they had not known— to new ones who came in lately, ones your fathers had not dreaded.
“You will devour all the peoples Adonai your God gives over to you. Your eye is not to pity them. You are not to serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
and Adonai your God gives them over to you and you strike them down, then you are to utterly destroy them. You are to make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.
Then Bnei-Yisrael again did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes. They worshipped the Baalim, the Ashtaroth, gods of Aram, gods of Zidon, gods of Moab, gods of the children of Ammon and gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Adonai and did not worship Him.