21Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.


In Context

18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.

19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

20 Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

21 Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

22 Neither shalt thou set thee up a statue, which Jehovah thy God hateth.

Deuteronomy 16:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make for thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21'Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.