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Deuteronomy 13:3

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13:3You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer,3 for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him4 with all your mind and being.5

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Footnotes

  1. 3 Heb “or dreamer of dreams.” See note on this expression in v. .
  2. 4 Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
  3. 5 Heb “all your heart and soul” (so , , ); or “heart and being” ( “your whole being”). See note on the word “being” in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.

NLTNew Living Translation

do not listen to them. The Lord your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

you must not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer, for Yahweh your God is testing you to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your inner self.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.