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Deuteronomy 18:20

20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods,l is to be put to death.”m

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Deuteronomy 18:20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’

Deuteronomy 18:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

Deuteronomy 18:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 But any prophet who falsely claims to speak in my name or who speaks in the name of another god must die.’

Deuteronomy 18:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’

Deuteronomy 18:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 But if a prophet says something I did not tell him to say as though he were speaking for me, or if a prophet speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must be killed.”

Deuteronomy 18:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.

Deuteronomy 18:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 But the prophet who shall presume to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.

Deuteronomy 18:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 But any prophet who dares to say something in my name that I didn’t command him to say or who speaks in the name of other gods must die.” 

Deuteronomy 18:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 But the prophet who dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die.’

Deuteronomy 18:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 But any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, or who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak—that prophet shall die.”

Deuteronomy 18:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 However, the prophet that behaves presumptuously by speaking a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, then that prophet shall die.’

Deuteronomy 18:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 “But suppose a prophet dares to speak in my name something I have not commanded him to say. Or he speaks in the name of other gods. Then that prophet must be put to death.”

Deuteronomy 18:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 ‘But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’


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