Loading…

Deuteronomy 17:16

16 The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horsesk for himselfl or make the people return to Egyptm to get more of them,n for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.”o

Read more Explain verse



Deuteronomy 17:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again.’

Deuteronomy 17:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Deuteronomy 17:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.’

Deuteronomy 17:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’

Deuteronomy 17:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 The king must not have too many horses for himself, and he must not send people to Egypt to get more horses, because the Lord has told you, “Don’t return that way again.”

Deuteronomy 17:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Deuteronomy 17:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again any more that way.

Deuteronomy 17:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 The king must never own a large number of horses or make the people return to Egypt to get more horses. The Lord has told you, “You will never go back there again.”

Deuteronomy 17:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

Deuteronomy 17:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 Even so, he must not acquire many horses for himself, or return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, since the Lord has said to you, “You must never return that way again.”

Deuteronomy 17:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 Except, he may not make numerous for himself horses, and he may not allow the people to to go to Egypt in order to increase horses, for Yahweh has said to you that you may never return.

Deuteronomy 17:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 The king must not get large numbers of horses for himself. He must not make the people return to Egypt to get more horses. The Lord has told you, “You must not go back there again.”

Deuteronomy 17:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’


A service of Logos Bible Software