Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

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WEBBE

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

BSB

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

KJV

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

ASV

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

BBE

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

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כִּי ki if H3588 יְסִיתְךָ ye·si·te·kha he will entice you H5496 אָחִיךָ 'a·chi·kha brother your H251 בֶן־ ven- [the] son of H1121 אִמֶּךָ 'i·me·kha mother your H517 אוֹ־ 'ov- or H176 בִנְךָ vin·kha son your H1121 אוֹ־ 'ov- or H176 בִתְּךָ vi·te·kha daughter your H1323 אוֹ 'o or H176 אֵשֶׁת 'e·shet [the] wife of H802 חֵיקֶךָ chei·ke·cha bosom your H2436 אוֹ 'o or H176 רֵעֲךָ re·'a·kha friend your H7453 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 כְּנַפְשְׁךָ ke·naf·she·kha [is] like self your H5315 בַּסֵּתֶר ba·se·ter in (the) secrecy H5643 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 נֵלְכָה ne·le·khah let us go H1980 וְנַעַבְדָה ve·na·'av·dah and let us serve H5647 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him gods H430 אֲחֵרִים 'a·che·rim other H312 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 לֹא lo' not H3808 יָדַעְתָּ ya·da'·ta you have known H3045 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 וַאֲבֹתֶיךָ va·'a·vo·tei·kha and ancestors your H1

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–11

It is the policy of Satan to try to lead us to evil by those whom we love, whom we least suspect of any ill design, and whom we are desirous to please, and apt to conform to. The enticement here is supposed to come from a brother or child, who are near by nature; from a wife or friend, who are near by choice, and are to us as our souls. But it is our duty to prefer God and religion, before the nearest and dearest friends we have in the world. We must not, to please our friends, break God's law. Thou shalt not consent to him, nor go with him, not for company, or curiosity, not to gain his affections. It is a general rule, If sinners entice thee, consent thou not, Pr 1:10. And we must not hinder the course of God's justice.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.