Deuteronomy 12:8 “You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what…”

Deuteronomy 12:8

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall not doe after all these things that we doe here this day: that is, euery man whatsoeuer seemeth him good in his owne eyes.

Darby Translation

Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.

Young's Literal Translation

'Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,

Bible in Basic English

You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:

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Cross references

“every man”

Judges 21:25 Judges 17:6 Proverbs 21:2 Numbers 15:39 Acts 7:42 Amos 5:25

Judges 21:25 · BSB

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 17:6 · BSB

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Proverbs 21:2 · BSB

All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

Numbers 15:39 · BSB

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Acts 7:42 · BSB

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Is…

Amos 5:25 · BSB

Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

9For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

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