Deuteronomy 13
- 1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
- 2And the sign or the wonder happen, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them.
- 3You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God proves you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- 4You shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cling to him.
- 5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death. Because he has spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the Lord your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
- 6If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife you love, or your friend, which is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, or your fathers.
- 7Namely, of the gods of the people who are all around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth.
- 8You shall not consent to him, or listen to him. Neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
- 9But you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
- 10And you shall stone him with stones, that he die. Because he has sought to thrust you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- 11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such evil as this is among you.
- 12If you shall hear say in one of your cities, which the Lord your God has given you to live there, saying,
- 13Certain men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the people of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known.
- 14Then you shall look into it, and search, and ask carefully. And if it is truth, and the thing certain, that such disgusting thing is worked among you.
- 15You shall surely strike the people of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it completely, and all that is in it, and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.
- 16And you shall gather all the plunder of it into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its plunder completely, for the Lord your God: and it shall be a heap for ever. It shall not be built again.
- 17And there shall cling nothing of the cursed thing to your hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers.
- 18When you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 13 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVIf there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
GIGAKJVIf there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
KJVAnd the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
GIGAKJVAnd the sign or the wonder happen, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them.
KJVThou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
GIGAKJVYou shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God proves you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
KJVYe shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
GIGAKJVYou shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cling to him.
KJVAnd that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
GIGAKJVAnd that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death. Because he has spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the Lord your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
KJVIf thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
GIGAKJVIf your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife you love, or your friend, which is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, or your fathers.
KJVNamely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
GIGAKJVNamely, of the gods of the people who are all around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth.
KJVThou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
GIGAKJVYou shall not consent to him, or listen to him. Neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
KJVBut thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
GIGAKJVBut you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
KJVAnd thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall stone him with stones, that he die. Because he has sought to thrust you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
KJVAnd all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
GIGAKJVAnd all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such evil as this is among you.
KJVIf thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
GIGAKJVIf you shall hear say in one of your cities, which the Lord your God has given you to live there, saying,
KJVCertain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
GIGAKJVCertain men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the people of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known.
KJVThen shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
GIGAKJVThen you shall look into it, and search, and ask carefully. And if it is truth, and the thing certain, that such disgusting thing is worked among you.
KJVThou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
GIGAKJVYou shall surely strike the people of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it completely, and all that is in it, and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.
KJVAnd thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall gather all the plunder of it into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its plunder completely, for the Lord your God: and it shall be a heap for ever. It shall not be built again.
KJVAnd there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
GIGAKJVAnd there shall cling nothing of the cursed thing to your hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers.
KJVWhen thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.
GIGAKJVWhen you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
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