Leviticus 20:23 — Compare Translations

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You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I was wearied and grieved by them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I was wearied and grieved by them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.

English EASY 2024

I will chase out the nations who live there now, so that you can live there. You must not live in the way that those people live. I hate them because of all the disgusting things that they have done.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I am forcing other people to leave that country because they committed all those sins. I hate those sins! So don't live the way those people lived.

And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Do not adopt the customs of the people who live there; I am driving out those pagans so that you can enter the land. They have disgusted me with all their evil practices.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Never follow the practices of the people I am forcing out of your way. I cannot stand them because they did all these things.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.

English KJV 1611

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

English LSB

Moreover, you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I will cast out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have loathed them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

'Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.

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

Do not conform, therefore, to the customs of the nations whom I am driving out of your way, because all these things that they have done have filled me with disgust for them.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

To make room for you, I am going to drive out the nations that are in the land. You must not follow the practices of those nations. I hated those nations because they did all of those things.

English NIV

You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

English NKJ 1982

And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and therefore I abhor them.

English NLT

Do not live by the customs of the people whom I will expel before you. It is because they do these terrible things that I detest them so much.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You shall not follow the practices of the nation that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You must not follow the customs of the nations I cast out before you, for they do all these things I have warned you against; that is the reason I abhor them.

English Tyndale 1537

And see that ye walk not in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: For they committed all these things, and I abhorred them.