Deuteronomy 29:18

¹⁶ For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.

¹⁷ You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

¹⁹ because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

²⁰ The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
KJV: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
WEB: lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison;
ASV: lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
DARBY: lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood,
BLB: lest there be among you⁺ man or woman or family or tribe whose heart turns away today from YHWH our God, to go [and] serve the gods of those nations, lest there be among you⁺ a root bearing gall and wormwood,

ÅB: La det ikke være hos dere noen mann eller kvinne eller slekt eller stamme hvis hjerte idag vender seg fra Herren vår Gud, så han går bort og dyrker disse folks guder! La det ikke være hos dere noen rot som bærer trollbær og malurt,
OTB: Sørg for at det ikke er noen mann eller kvinne, klan eller stamme blant dere i dag hvis hjerte vender seg bort fra Herren vår Gud for å tilbe gudene til disse nasjonene; sørg for at det ikke er noen rot blant dere som produserer slik bitter gift.
B1930: La det ikke være hos eder nogen mann eller kvinne eller ætt eller stamme hvis hjerte idag vender sig fra Herren vår Gud, så han går bort og dyrker disse folks guder! La det ikke være hos eder nogen rot som bærer trollbær og malurt,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
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Deuteronomy 11:16–17
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
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Deuteronomy 13:1–15
If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
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Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
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Acts 8:23
For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
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Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
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Amos 6:12
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
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Hosea 10:4
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
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