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.


In Context

18 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

20 You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

21 You 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.

22 Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto 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 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.