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BSB § When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

OEB When they tell you have recourse to ghosts and familiar spirits that chirp and mutter, ask them if a nation should not rather have recourse to its God. Why should they consult the dead on behalf

WEB When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

NET They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”

LSV And when they say to you, “Seek to those having familiar spirits,
And to wizards, who chatter and mutter,”
Does a people not seek to its God? To the dead on behalf of the living?

FBV When someone suggests to you, “Go and ask mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter,” shouldn't people ask their God? Why should they ask the dead on behalf of the living?

T4T Some people may urge you(pl) to ◄consult/go and talk with► those who talk with the spirits of dead people or with those who say that they receive messages from those spirits. They whisper and mutter about what we should do in the future. But God is [RHQ] the one whom we should ask to guide us! It is ridiculous [RHQ] for people who are alive to request spirits of dead people to tell us what we should do!

LEB Now if they tell you, “Consult the ghosts and the spirits, those who chirp and those who mutter. Should not a people consult its gods, the dead on behalf of the living,

BBE And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?

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JPS And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead

ASV And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?

DRA And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?

YLT And when they say unto you, 'Seek unto those having familiar spirits, And unto wizards, who chatter and mutter, Doth not a people seek unto its God? — For the living unto the dead!

DBY And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, [say,] Shall not a people seek unto their [fn]God? [Will they go] for the living unto the dead?

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RV And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?

WBS And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?

KJB ¶ And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

BB And if they say vnto you, Aske counsayle at the Soothsayers, Witches, Charmers, and Coniurers: then make them this aunswere, Is there a people any where that asketh not counsayle at his God? shoulde men runne vnto the dead for the liuing?
  (And if they say unto you, Aske counsayle at the Soothsayers, Witches, Charmers, and Coniurers: then make them this answer, Is there a people any where that asketh not counsayle at his God? should men runne unto the dead for the living?)

GNV And when they shall say vnto you, Enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination, and at the soothsayers, which whisper and murmure, Should not a people enquire at their God? from the liuing to the dead?
  (And when they shall say unto you, Enquire at them that have a spirit of diuination, and at the soothsayers, which whisper and murmure, Should not a people enquire at their God? from the living to the dead? )

CB And therfore yf they saye vnto you: aske councel at the soythsayers, witches, charmers and coniurers, then make them this answere: Is there a people enywhere, that axeth not councel at his God: whether it be concernynge the dead, or the lyuynge?
  (And therefore if they say unto you: ask council/counsel at the soythsayers, witches, charmers and coniurers, then make them this answer: Is there a people enywhere, that axeth not council/counsel at his God: whether it be concernynge the dead, or the living?)

WYC And whanne thei seien to you, Axe ye of coniureris, and of false dyuynouris, that gnasten in her enchauntyngis, whether the puple schal not axe of her God a reuelacioun for quyke men and deed?
  (And when they said to you, Axe ye/you_all of coniureris, and of false dyuynouris, that gnasten in her enchauntyngis, whether the people shall not axe of her God a reuelacioun for quyke men and dead?)

LUT Wenn sie aber zu euch sagen: Ihr müsset die Wahrsager und Zeichendeuter fragen, die da schwätzen und disputieren, (so sprecht): Soll nicht ein Volk seinen GOtt fragen? oder soll man die Toten für die Lebendigen fragen?
  (Wenn they/she/them but to you say: Ihr müsset the Wahrsager and Zeichendeuter fragen, the there schwätzen and disputieren, (so sprecht): Soll not a people his God fragen? or should man the Toten for the Lebendigen fragen?)

CLV et cum dixerint ad vos: Quærite a pythonibus et a divinis qui strident in incantationibus suis: numquid non populus a Deo suo requiret, pro vivis a mortuis?
  (and when/with dixerint to vos: Quærite a pythonibus and a divinis who strident in incantationibus to_his_own: numquid not/no populus a Deo his_own requiret, pro vivis a mortuis? )

BRN And if they should say to you, Seek [fn]those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐὰν εἴπωσι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ζητήσατε τοὺς ἐγγαστριμύθους, καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς φωνοῦντας, τοὺς κενολογοῦντας, οἳ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας φωνοῦσιν· οὐκ ἔθνος πρὸς Θεὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκζητήσουσι; τί ἐκζητοῦσι περὶ τῶν ζώντων τοὺς νεκρούς;
  (Kai ean eipōsi pros humas, zaʸtaʸsate tous engastrimuthous, kai tous apo taʸs gaʸs fōnountas, tous kenologountas, hoi ek taʸs koilias fōnousin; ouk ethnos pros Theon autou ekzaʸtaʸsousi? ti ekzaʸtousi peri tōn zōntōn tous nekrous? )