Deuteronomy 12:8

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;

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.

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,

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.

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 to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come; ⁶ and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock: ⁷ and there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you. ⁸ You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; ⁹ for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you. ¹⁰ But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety; ¹¹ then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there shall you bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh. ¹² You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; ¹⁴ but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

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
There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.

Genesis 12:12
It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.

Genesis 12:14
It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Genesis 12:15
The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 12:16
He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

Genesis 13:4
to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.

Genesis 28:19
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Genesis 35:3
Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."

Joshua 7:2
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. 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.