Deuteronomy 17:17

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

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15 you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

16 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

19 It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

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BSB Berean Standard Bible: He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
KJV King James Version: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
WEB World English Bible: He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
ASV American Standard Version: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself — exceedingly.
DBY Darby Translation: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
WBS Webster Bible: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart may turn not away: neither shall he greatly accumulate to himself silver and gold.