Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon commit adultery with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon Me and break the covenant
New American Standard Bible
The Lord said to Moses, “Behold,
King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
International Standard Version
Then the LORD told Moses, "Look! You are about to join your ancestors. Afterwards, this people will rebel and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.
A Conservative Version
And LORD said to Moses, Behold, thou shall sleep with thy fathers. And this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant whic
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Amplified
The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down [in death] with your fathers; and this people will arise and
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land into which they enter, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Behold thee lying down with thy fathers, and this people rising up and committing fornication after the gods of the foreigner of the land where he going there in the midst of him, and he forsook me and brake my covenant which I made with him.
King James 2000
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go play the harlot after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you [are] about to lie [down] with your ancestors, and this people will arise and they will play the prostitute after {the foreign gods} of the land {to which they are going}.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. And this people shall rise up and go lusting after the gods of the strangers of the land into which they are going, into their midst. And they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I made with them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Behold, thou must sleep with thy fathers, and this people will go a whoring after strange gods of the land whither they go and will forsake me and break the covenant which I have made with them.
NET Bible
Then the Lord said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers, - and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I solemnised with them.
Webster
And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people will rise up, and commit idolatry with the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it;
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke the anger of God
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
death » Scenes of » Death of moses
natural Death » Described as » A sleep
Forsaking » Who the lord will forsake
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 31:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joshua Commissioned To Lead Israel
15
the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood at the entrance to the tent.
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 2:12
and abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoples
Judges 10:6
Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
Exodus 34:15
“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
Judges 10:13
But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again.
Deuteronomy 32:15
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Genesis 25:8
He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age,
Exodus 32:6
Early the next morning they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented fellowship offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink, then got up to play.
Leviticus 20:3-6
I will turn
Leviticus 26:15
if you reject My statutes and despise My ordinances, and do not observe all My commands—and break My covenant,
Judges 2:17-20
but they did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted
2 Samuel 7:12
When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Job 20:11
but will lie down with him in the grave.
Psalm 73:27
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
Psalm 106:39
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
Isaiah 57:2-8
they will rest on their beds
everyone who lives uprightly.
Jeremiah 2:11-13
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
Jeremiah 3:1-3
and she leaves him to marry another,
can he ever return to her?
Wouldn’t such a land
But you!
You have played the prostitute with many partners
can you return to Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 31:32
This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke even though I had married them”
Ezekiel 16:15
“But you were confident in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame.
Ezekiel 16:25-36
You built your elevated place at the head of every street
Ezekiel 23:5-21
“Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians:
Hosea 2:2-5
For she is not My wife and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face
and her adultery from between her breasts.
Acts 13:36
For David, after serving his own generation in God’s plan, fell asleep,
Revelation 17:2-5
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality.”
Revelation 19:2
because He has judged the notorious prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;
and He has avenged the blood of His slaves
that was on her hands.