Deuteronomy 31:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 31:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
הִנְּךָ֥
hinnêh
H2009
behold
שֹׁכֵ֖ב
shâkab
H7901
to lie down
עִם
ʻim
H5973
with
אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ
ʼâb
H1
father
וְקָם֩
qûwm
H6965
to rise
הָעָ֨ם
ʻam
H5971
people
הַזֶּ֜ה
zeh
H2088
this
וְזָנָ֣ה
zânâh
H2181
to commit fornication
אַחֲרֵ֣י
ʼachar
H310
after
אֱלֹהֵ֣י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
נֵֽכַר
nêkâr
H5236
foreign
הָאָ֗רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
ה֤וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
בָא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
שָׁ֨מָּה֙
shâm
H8033
there
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ
qereb
H7130
midst
וַעֲזָבַ֕נִי
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
וְהֵפֵר֙
pârar
H6565
to break
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
בְּרִיתִ֔י
bᵉrîyth
H1285
covenant
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
כָּרַ֖תִּי
kârath
H3772
to cut
אִתּֽוֹ
ʼêth
H854
with
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you will sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and whore after the strange gods of the land in the midst of which he is going to there. And he will forsake me and break my covenant that I have cut with him.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).