^13:13some evil people¹⁷ have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities,¹⁸ saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before).¹⁹

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Footnotes

17 Heb “men, sons of Belial.” The Hebrew term בְּלִיַּעַל (béliyya’al) has the idea of worthlessness, without morals or scruples ( ). Cf. , “scoundrels”; , “worthless people”; “worthless rabble.”
18 The and read “your” for the ’s “their.”
19 The translation understands the relative clause as a statement by Moses, not as part of the quotation from the evildoers. See also v. 2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

that troublemakers have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known),

CSBChristian Standard Bible

that wicked men have sprung up among you, led the inhabitants of their city astray, and said, ‘Let’s go and worship other gods,’ which you have not known,

NLTNew Living Translation

that scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray by saying, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods you have not known before.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

worthless men have gone out from your midst and have seduced the inhabitants of their town, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods!’ whom you have not known,

KJV 1900King James Version

Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

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