KJV King James Version
And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require [it] of him.
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Deuteronomy 18:19
And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require [it] of him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
WEB World English Bible
It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
ASV American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it hath been—the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require it of him.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 18
16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well [spoken that] which they have spoken.
18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require [it] of him.
20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that [is] the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
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וְהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beהָאִישׁ֙H376 · ishmanאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִשְׁמַע֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)דְּבָרַ֔יH1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichיְדַבֵּ֖רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakבִּשְׁמִ֑יH8034 · shemnameאָנֹכִ֖יH595 · a.no.khiIאֶדְרֹ֥שׁH1875 · da.rashto seekמֵעִמּֽוֹ׃H5973 · imwith
Cross-references
Acts 3:22-23For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.Hebrews 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];Hebrews 12:25-26See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:Hebrews 10:26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,Hebrews 3:7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
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