Deuteronomy 18:11 — Compare Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.

English ASV

or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

English Amplified

Or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.

English EASY 2024

Never use magic to curse anyone. Never try to speak to the spirits of dead people or other spirits.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Don't let anyone try to put magic spells on other people. Don't let any of your people become a medium or a wizard. And no one should try to talk with someone who has died.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

or a charmer or a medium or a wizard or a necromancer,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

or charms, and don't let them consult the spirits of the dead.

English God's Word - GW 1995

cast spells, ask ghosts or spirits for help, or consult the dead.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.

English KJV 1611

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

English LSB

or one who is an enchanter or a medium or a spiritist or one who inquires of the dead.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

or one who casts spells, or a spiritualist, or an occultist, or a necromancer.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

or caster of spells, nor one who consults ghosts and spirits or seeks oracles from the dead.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Don't put a spell on anyone. Don't get messages from those who have died. Don't talk to the spirits of the dead. Don't get advice from the dead.

English NIV

or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

English NKJ 1982

or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

English NLT

or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits, or who seeks oracles from the dead.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

or be a serpent charmer, medium, or wizard, or call forth the spirits of the dead.

English Tyndale 1537

or a charmer, or that speaketh(counseleth) with a spirit, or a soothsayer or that talketh with them that are dead.(prophesiar or that asketh the advise of the dead.)