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Deuteronomy 12:8

You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

  • KJV King James Version

    Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to Deuteronomy 12:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
  • Numbers 15:39 It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all Yahweh’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;
  • Acts 7:42 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
  • Amos 5:25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Not that they sacrificed after their fantasies, but that…

Not that they sacrificed after their fantasies, but that God would be served more purely in the land of Canaan.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Here; where the inconveniency of the place, and the…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Ye shall not do after all the things that…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Here - Where the inconveniency of the place, and…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 12:8. That we do here — Where the…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Moses points out that heretofore they had not observed…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Himself. Some confine this to the sacrifices, which each…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Ye shall not do… the things that we…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8–12. Second Statement of the Law of the Single…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Ye shall not do after all the things…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 8-10. In the wilderness, while leading a nomadic…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Ye shall not do after all the things that…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 You will not do all the things that we…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:8 doing as you please: Until the Exodus, the…

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