17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.


In Context

14 When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, |I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me;|

15 you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers you shall set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, |You shall not go back that way again.|

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

18 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

Deuteronomy 17:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:17He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:17He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart may turn not away: neither shall he greatly accumulate to himself silver and gold.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:17And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself — exceedingly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.