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Deuteronomy 18:19

And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that that prophet speaks in My name.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Disobedience to God;   Quotations and Allusions;   Thompson Chain Reference - Whosoever;   The Topic Concordance - Disobedience;   Jesus Christ;   Prophecy and Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the Prophet;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prophets;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   False Prophet;   Hear, Hearing;   Prophet, Christ as;   Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Requirement;   Teach, Teacher;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Prophet;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Messiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Prophecy;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hear;   Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christ, Offices of;   Messiah;   Nathan (1);   Teach;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Memra;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to my words that he speaks in my name.
Hebrew Names Version
It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Lexham English Bible
And then the man that will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I will hold accountable.
English Standard Version
And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
New Century Version
This prophet will speak for me; anyone who does not listen when he speaks will answer to me.
New English Translation
I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.
Amplified Bible
'It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him [and there will be consequences].
New American Standard Bible
'And it shall come about that whoever does not listen to My words which he speaks in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whosoeuer will not hearken vnto my wordes, which he shall speake in my Name, I will require it of him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
Contemporary English Version
Since the message comes from me, anyone who doesn't obey the message will have to answer to me.
Complete Jewish Bible
Whoever doesn't listen to my words, which he will speak in my name, will have to account for himself to me.
Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass that the man who hearkeneth not unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Easy-to-Read Version
This prophet will speak for me, and I will punish anyone who refuses to listen to my commands.'
George Lamsa Translation
Whosoever will not hearken to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Good News Translation
He will speak in my name, and I will punish anyone who refuses to obey him.
Literal Translation
And it shall be, whoever will not listen to My Words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it at his hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And who so euer wyl not herken vnto my wordes, which he shal speake in my name, of him wil I requyre it.
American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Bible in Basic English
And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whosoeuer wyll not hearken vnto my wordes, which he shall speake in my name, I wyll require it of hym.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.
King James Version (1611)
And it shall come to passe, that whosoeuer will not hearken vnto my words, which hee shall speake in my name, I will require it of him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him.
English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Y schal be vengere of `that man, that nyle here the wordis `of hym, whiche he schal speke in my name.
Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been -- the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require [it] of him.
Update Bible Version
And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass, [that] whoever will not hearken to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require [it] of him.
World English Bible
It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
New King James Version
And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.
New Living Translation
I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.
New Life Bible
He will speak in My name. And I will punish whoever will not listen to him.
New Revised Standard
Anyone who does not heed the words that the prophet shall speak in my name, I myself will hold accountable.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass, that, the man who will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I, myself will require it of him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that will not hear his words, which he shall speak in my name, I will be the revenger.
Revised Standard Version
And whoever will not give heed to my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.

Contextual Overview

15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. 16This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, "Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!" 17Then the LORD said to me, "They have spoken well. 18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that that prophet speaks in My name.20But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death." 21You may ask in your heart, "How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?" 22When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 16:16, Acts 3:22, Acts 3:23, Hebrews 2:3, Hebrews 3:7, Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 12:25, Hebrews 12:26

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:21 - he will not Deuteronomy 18:15 - a Prophet Deuteronomy 20:18 - General Joshua 22:23 - let the Lord Matthew 5:22 - I say Matthew 7:29 - having Matthew 17:5 - hear Luke 9:35 - hear John 5:46 - for John 6:29 - This John 12:48 - rejecteth

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 18:5
And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant's way. After that, you may continue on your way." "Yes," they replied, "you may do as you have said."
Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread."
Genesis 18:7
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender, choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
Genesis 18:9
"Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked. "There, in the tent," he replied.
Genesis 18:10
Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised."
Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Genesis 18:21
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words,.... To the doctrines of the Gospel, but slight and despise them:

which he shall speak in my name; in whose name he came, and whose words or doctrines he declared them to be; not as his own, but his Father's, John 5:43.

I will require it of him; or, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan,

"my Word shall require it of him, or take vengeance on him;''

as Christ the Word of God did in the destruction of the Jewish nation, city, and temple; see Luke 19:27.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ancient fathers of the Church and the generality of modern commentators have regarded our Lord as the prophet promised in these verses. It is evident from the New Testament alone that the Messianic was the accredited interpretation among the Jews at the beginning of the Christian era (compare the marginal references, and John 4:25); nor can our Lord Himself, when He declares that Moses “wrote of Him” John 5:45-47, be supposed to have any other words more directly in view than these, the only words in which Moses, speaking in his own person, gives any prediction of the kind. But the verses seem to have a further, no less evident if subsidiary, reference to a prophetical order which should stand from time to time, as Moses had done, between God and the people; which should make known God’s will to the latter; which should by its presence render it unnecessary either that God should address the people directly, as at Sinai (Deuteronomy 18:16; compare Deuteronomy 5:25 ff), or that the people themselves in lack of counsel should resort to the superstitions of the pagan.

In fact, in the words before us, Moses gives promise both of a prophetic order, and of the Messiah in particular as its chief; of a line of prophets culminating in one eminent individual. And in proportion as we see in our Lord the characteristics of the prophet most perfectly exhibited, so must we regard the promise of Moses as in Him most completely accomplished.


 
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