12Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord , and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.


In Context

9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,

11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord , and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.

13 You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so.

Deuteronomy 18:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:12For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12For every one that doeth these things is an abomination to Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth dispossess them from before thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12For all that do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh: and because of these abominations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12For the abomination of Jehovah is every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12For all that do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you.