Deuteronomy 12:8

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ye must not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, - every man, whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“You are not to do as we are doing here today; everyone is doing whatever seems right in his own sight.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

King James Version
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Lexham English Bible
"You must not do just as we are doing here today, each according to all that is right in his eyes.

English Standard Version
"You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes,

New Century Version
Do not worship the way we have been doing today, each person doing what he thinks is right.

New English Translation
You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,

Amplified Bible
"You shall not do at all what we are doing here [in the camp] today, every man doing whatever is right in his [own] eyes.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shall not doe after all these things that we doe here this day: that is, euery man whatsoeuer seemeth him good in his owne eyes.

Legacy Standard Bible
"You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

Complete Jewish Bible
You will not do things the way we do them here today, where everyone does whatever in his own opinion seems right;

Darby Translation
Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.

Easy-to-Read Version
"You must not continue to worship the way we have been worshiping. Until now each of us has been worshiping God any way we wanted.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not do according to all the things that we are doing here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.

Good News Translation
"When that time comes, you must not do as you have been doing. Until now you have all been worshiping as you please,

Literal Translation
You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, each doing all that is right in his own eyes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shall do none of the thinges, yt we do here this daye, euery man what semeth him good in his awne eyes.

American Standard Version
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;

Bible in Basic English
You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall not do after all the thinges that we do here this day, euery man what seemeth hym good in his owne eyes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;

King James Version (1611)
Ye shall not do after all the things that we doe here this day, euery man whatsoeuer is right in his owne eyes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall not do altogether as we do here to-day, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight.

English Revised Version
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes:

Berean Standard Bible
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye schulen not do there tho thingis whiche we don here to dai, ech man that semeth riytful to `hym silf.

Young's Literal Translation
`Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,

Update Bible Version
You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatever [is] right in his own eyes.

World English Bible
You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

New King James Version
"You shall not at all do as we are doing here today--every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes--

New Living Translation
"Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please,

New Life Bible
You will not do at all the things we are doing here today, for every man is doing whatever is right in his own eyes.

New Revised Standard
You shall not act as we are acting here today, all of us according to our own desires,

Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.

Revised Standard Version
You shall not do according to all that we are doing here this day, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

THE MESSAGE
Don't continue doing things the way we're doing them at present, each of us doing as we wish. Until now you haven't arrived at the goal, the resting place, the inheritance that God , your God, is giving you. But the minute you cross the Jordan River and settle into the land God , your God, is enabling you to inherit, he'll give you rest from all your surrounding enemies. You'll be able to settle down and live in safety.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

Contextual Overview

⁵ but, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, - as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither; ⁶ and bring in thither your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, - and your vow-offerings and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; ⁷ and shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, Ye, and your households, - wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee. ⁸ Ye must not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, - every man, whatsoever is right in his own eyes. ⁹ Because ye have not entered as yet, - into the resting-place and into the inheritance which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee. ¹⁰ But, when ye shall pass over the Jordan, and settle down in the land which, Yahweh your God, is causing you to inherit, - and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell securely, ¹¹ then shall it be, that unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you, - your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices your tithes and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow-offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh. ¹² So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants and your handmaids, - and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see; ¹⁴ but, in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of thy tribes, there, shalt thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up, and, there, shalt thou do all that I am commanding thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

every man: Numbers 15:39, Judges 17:6, Judges 21:25, Proverbs 21:2, Amos 5:25, Acts 7:42

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:25 - when Leviticus 14:34 - When Joshua 3:9 - Hear the words Joshua 5:5 - they had not

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.

Genesis 12:12
so will it come to pass when the Egyptians behold thee, that they will say, His wife, this! and will slay me while thee, they preserve alive.

Genesis 12:14
And so it was when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that fair, was she exceedingly.

Genesis 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh beheld her, and praised her unto Pharaoh, - so the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh;

Genesis 12:16
and with Abram, dealt he well for her sake, - so that he came to have flocks and herds and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses and camels.

Genesis 13:4
unto the place of the altar, which he made there at first, - and Abram called there, on the name of Yahweh.

Genesis 21:33
Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, - and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD.

Genesis 28:19
and called the name of that place - Beth-el, - nevertheless, Luz, was the name of the city, aforetime.

Genesis 35:3
And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el, - that I may make there an altar to the GOD who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.

Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which was beside Beth-aven on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them saying, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up, and spied out Ai.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here,.... In the wilderness, where they had no abiding, but were continually removing from place to place, and could not always observe punctually and precisely the exact order and time of their sacrifices and other things, nor offer them at any certain place, and many were doubtless neglected by them; see Amos 5:25

every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes; that did he, brought the above things when and where he pleased; not that there was no regard had to the laws and rules given, as if there was no priest in Israel; but they were not so exactly in all circumstances conformed to as they would be obliged to when they came into the land of Canaan, and had a certain place to bring their offerings to; so some in Aben Ezra observe, that one would give the firstling, another not, because it depended on the land, or was what they were obliged to only when they came into the land of Canaan; see Exodus 13:11 but he thinks the sense is, that they did not all fear God, and so did not do their duty.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses points out that heretofore they had not observed the prescribed order in their worship, because during their migratory life in the wilderness it had been impossible to do so. During their wanderings there were doubtless times when the tabernacle was not set up for days together, and when the daily sacrifice Numbers 28:3, together with many other ordinances, were necessarily omitted (compare Joshua 5:5). This consideration must be carefully borne in mind throughout Deuteronomy. It illustrates the necessity for a repetition of very much of the Sinaitic legislation, and suggests the reason why some parts are so urgently reiterated and impressed, while others are left unnoticed. Moses now warns the people that as they were about to quit their unsettled mode of life, God’s purpose of choosing for Himself a place to set His Name there would be executed, and the whole of the sacred ritual would consequently become obligatory. The “rest and safety” of Canaan is significantly laid down Deuteronomy 12:10-11 as the indispensable condition and basis for an entire fulfillment of the Law: the perfection of righteousness coinciding thus with the cessation of wanderings, dangers, and toils.