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Deuteronomy 6:16
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KJ21
“Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted Him in Massah.
ASV
Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
AMP
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.
AMPC
You shall not tempt and try the Lord your God as you tempted and tried Him in Massah.
BRG
¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
CSB
Do not test the Lord your God as you tested him at Massah.
CSBA
Do not test the Lord your God as you tested him at Massah.
CEB
Don’t test the Lord your God the way you frustrated him at Massah.
CJB
Do not put Adonai your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah [testing].
CEV
so don't try to make him prove that he can help you, as you did at Massah.
DARBY
Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
DRA
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.
ERV
“You must not test the Lord your God like you tested him at Massah.
EASY
Do not test the Lord your God, to see what he will do. That is what you did at Massah.
EHV
Do not put the Lord your God to the test the way you tested him at Massah.
ESV
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
ESVUK
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
EXB
Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Massah [Ex. 17:1–7; Ps. 95:8; Matt. 4:7].
GNV
¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye did tempt him in Massah:
GW
Never test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.
GNT
“Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you did at Massah.
HCSB
Do not test the Lord your God as you tested Him at Massah.
ICB
Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.
ISV
“Don’t test the Lord your God like you did in Massah.
JUB
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
KJV
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
AKJV
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
LSB
“You shall not put Yahweh your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.
LEB
You shall not put Yahweh your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
TLB
You must not provoke him and try his patience as you did when you complained against him at Massah.
MSG
Deeply respect God, your God. Serve and worship him exclusively. Back up your promises with his name only. Don’t fool around with other gods, the gods of your neighbors, because God, your God, who is alive among you is a jealous God. Don’t provoke him, igniting his hot anger that would burn you right off the face of the Earth. Don’t push God, your God, to the wall as you did that day at Massah, the Testing-Place. Carefully keep the commands of God, your God, all the requirements and regulations he gave you. Do what is right; do what is good in God’s sight so you’ll live a good life and be able to march in and take this pleasant land that God so solemnly promised through your ancestors, throwing out your enemies left and right—exactly as God said.
MEV
You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted Him in Massah.
NOG
Never test Yahweh your Elohim as you did at Massah.
NABRE
You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test, as you did at Massah.
NASB
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.
NASB1995
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.
NCB
You shall not tempt the Lord, your God, as you tempted him at Massah.
NCV
Do not test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.
NET
You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.
NIRV
Don’t test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.
NIV
Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.
NIVUK
Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.
NKJV
“You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah.
NLV
“Do not test the Lord your God, as you put Him to the test at Massah.
NLT
You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
NRSVA
Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
NRSVACE
Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
NRSVCE
Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
NRSVUE
“Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
OJB
Ye shall not test Hashem Eloheichem, as ye tested Him in Massah.
RGT
“You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted Him in Massah.
RSV
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
RSVCE
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
TLV
“You are not to test Adonai your God, as you tested Him at Massah.
VOICE
Don’t put the Eternal, your True God, to the test the way you did back at Massah.
WEB
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
WYC
Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God, as thou temptedest him in the place of tempting. (Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedest him at Massah.)
YLT
`Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;
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