Deuteronomy 16:21
World English Bible (WEB)
You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the LORD your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
In context
19 You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
20 You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the LORD your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
22 Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which the LORD your God hates.
Deuteronomy 16:21 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the LORD your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
- KJV King James Version
- Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make for thee.