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Deuteronomy 12:8

6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

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

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
KJV
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
WEB
You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
ASV
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;
DARBY
Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.
BLB
You⁺ shall not do at all as we are doing here today—every man, whatever [is] right in his own eyes.
ÅB
Dere skal ikke gjøre slik som vi gjør her idag, enhver det som tykkes ham å være rett;
OTB
Dere skal ikke gjøre som vi gjør her i dag, hvor hver gjør det som er rett i egne øyne.
B1930
I skal ikke gjøre således som vi gjør her idag, enhver det som tykkes ham å være rett;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 21:25

    In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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  • Judges 17:6

    In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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  • Proverbs 21:2

    Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

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  • Acts 7:42

    Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

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  • Numbers 15:39

    And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

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  • Amos 5:25

    Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

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