DEU 17:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ οὐ πληθυνεῖ ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκας, ἵνα μὴ μεταστῇ αὐτοῦ καρδία· καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον οὐ πληθυνεῖ ἑαυτῷ σφόδρα.
(Kai ou plaʸthunei heautōi gunaikas, hina maʸ metastaʸ autou kardia; kai argurion kai ⱪrusion ou plaʸthunei heautōi sfodra. )

BrTr And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart [fn]turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

ULT And he shall not accumulate wives for himself, and his heart will not turn away. And he shall not accumulate for himself silver and gold excessively.

UST And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him away from worshiping only Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold.

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.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

LSV And he does not multiply wives for himself, and his heart does not turn aside, and he does not exceedingly multiply silver and gold for himself.

FBV He must not have many wives, so they don't lead him away from following the Lord. He must not have large quantities of silver and gold.

T4T And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him [SYN] away from worshiping only Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold.

LEB And he must not acquire many[fn] wives for himself, so that his heart would turn aside; and he must not accumulate silver and gold for himself excessively.[fn]

17:17 Or “make numerous”

17:17 Literally “gold and silver not he must make numerous for him very”

BBE And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

ASV Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

DRA He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

YLT 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.

Drby Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

RV Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Wbstr Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart may turn not away: neither shall he greatly accumulate to himself silver and gold.

KJB-1769 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

KJB-1611 Neither shall he multiply wiues to himselfe, that his heart turne not away: neither shall hee greatly multiply to himselfe siluer and gold.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much.
(Also he ought not to multiply wives to himself, lest his heart turn away, neither shall he gather him silver and gold to much.)

Gnva Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather him much siluer and golde.
(Neither shall he take him many wives, lest his heart turn away, neither shall he gather him much silver and gold. )

Cvdl He shall not haue many wyues also, that his hert be not turned awaye. Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch.
(He shall not have many wives also, that his heart be not turned away. Neither shall he gather him silver and gold to much.)

Wycl The kyng schal not haue ful many wyues, that drawen his soule `to ouer myche fleischlynesse, nether `he schal haue grete burthuns of siluer and of gold.
(The king shall not have full many wives, that drawen his soul `to over much fleshlynesse, neither `he shall have great burthuns of silver and of gold.)

Luth Er soll auch nicht viele Weiber nehmen, daß sein Herz nicht abgewandt werde; und soll auch nicht viel Silber und Gold sammeln.
(He should also not viele women take, that his heart not abgewandt become; and should also not many Silber and Gold sammeln.)

ClVg Non habebit uxores plurimas, quæ alliciant animum ejus, neque argenti et auri immensa pondera.[fn]
(Non habebit uxores plurimas, which alliciant animum his, nor argenti and auri immensa pondera. )

17.17 Non habebit, etc. AUG., quæst. 27. Manifestum est Salomonem hoc præceptum transisse, etc., usque ad perveniat ad alienigenas. Neque argenti. Nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra Matth. 6..

17.17 Non habebit, etc. AUG., quæst. 27. Manifestum it_is Salomonem this præceptum transisse, etc., until to perveniat to alienigenas. Neither argenti. Don't thesaurizare to_you thesauros in terra Matth. 6..

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֹ֤א יַרְבֶּה & לֹ֥א יַרְבֶּה\n

and=not acquire_many & not (Some words not found in UHB: and=not acquire_many for=him/it women/wives and=not turn_away heart,his and,silver and,gold not acquire_in_great_quantity for=him/it very )

Here, multiply means “acquire a large number of.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And he shall not keep acquiring more and more … and he shall not acquire more and more”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֹ֥א יָס֖וּר לְבָב֑⁠וֹ

and=not turn_away heart,his

Here, turn aside means to disobey or stop following. Moses is speaking of Yahweh’s commandments as if they were a path that one could walk on and disobedience as turning aside from that way. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “so his heart will not stop following Yahweh”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠לֹ֥א יָס֖וּר לְבָב֑⁠וֹ

and=not turn_away heart,his

Here, heart represents a person’s will and desires. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and he will not desire to turn aside”

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