17The Lord said to me: "What they say is good.


In Context

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.

15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

16 For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, "Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die."

17 The Lord said to me: "What they say is good.

18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

19 If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account.

Deuteronomy 18:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said unto me, They have well [spoken that] which they have spoken.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said to me, They have well spoken of that which they have spoken.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17Yahweh said to me, |They have well said that which they have spoken.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17and Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said to me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.