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Deuteronomy 18:19-21
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 18:19-21
New English Translation
19 I will personally hold responsible[a] anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet[b] speaks in my name.
20 “But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized[c] him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. 21 Now if you say to yourselves,[d] ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’[e]—
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- Deuteronomy 18:19 tn Heb “will seek from him”; NAB “I myself will make him answer for it”; NRSV “will hold accountable.”
- Deuteronomy 18:19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Deuteronomy 18:20 tn Or “commanded” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
- Deuteronomy 18:21 tn Heb “in your heart.”
- Deuteronomy 18:21 tn Heb “know the word which the Lord has not spoken.” The issue here is not understanding the meaning of the message, but distinguishing a genuine prophetic word from a false one.
Deuteronomy 18:19-21
New International Version
Deuteronomy 18:19-21
New International Version
19 I myself will call to account(A) anyone who does not listen(B) to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.(C) 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods,(D) is to be put to death.”(E)
21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?”
Deuteronomy 18:19-21
King James Version
Deuteronomy 18:19-21
King James Version
19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
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