Deuteronomy 12:8
New International Version
You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,

New Living Translation
“Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please,

English Standard Version
“You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes,

Berean Standard Bible
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

King James Bible
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

New King James Version
“You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes—

New American Standard Bible
“You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

NASB 1995
“You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

NASB 1977
“You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

Legacy Standard Bible
“You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

Amplified Bible
“You shall not do at all what we are doing here [in the camp] today, every man doing whatever is right in his [own] eyes.

Christian Standard Bible
“You are not to do as we are doing here today; everyone is doing whatever seems right in his own sight.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are not to do as we are doing here today; everyone is doing whatever seems right in his own eyes.

American Standard Version
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you will not do as we do here today, each man according to what is good in his eyes.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ye shall not do altogether as we do here to-day, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight.

Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.

English Revised Version
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Never worship in the way that it's being done here today, where everyone does whatever he considers right.

Good News Translation
"When that time comes, you must not do as you have been doing. Until now you have all been worshiping as you please,

International Standard Version
"You must not act as we have been doing here today, where everyone acts as they see fit,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;

Literal Standard Version
You do not do according to all that we are doing here today—each [doing] anything that is right in his own eyes—

Majority Standard Bible
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

New American Bible
You shall not do as we are doing here today, everyone doing what is right in their own sight,

NET Bible
You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not act as we are acting here today, all of us according to our own desires,

New Heart English Bible
You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.

World English Bible
You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

Young's Literal Translation
'Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
One Place for Worship
7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you. 8You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes. 9For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:7
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:9
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.

every man

Numbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Deuteronomy 12
1. Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed
4. The place of God's service to be kept
15. Blood is forbidden
17. Holy things must be eaten in the holy place
19. The Levite is not to be forsaken
20. Blood is again forbidden
26. and holy things must be eaten in the holy place
29. Idolatry is not to be enquired after














(8) Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day.--Another precept strongly marked with the condition of Israel in the wilderness. It has been too much overlooked by recent commentators that the law of Moses has a prophetic side. It was given to him and to Israel at a time when they were not in a position to keep it. It was the law of the land which God would give them. In many ways its observance depended on the completion of the conquest of the land, and upon the quietness of the times in which they lived. This prophetic aspect was certainly not unrecognised by the Jews, or they would not (for example) have neglected to dwell in booths at the Feast of Tabernacles from the time of Joshua to Nehemiah. (See Nehemiah 8:17.)[2]

[2] And compare the curious position of the Jaw in Leviticus which required them to dwell in booths. It occurs as an appendix outside the regular laws of that festival (Leviticus 23:37-43).

Verses 8-10. - In the wilderness, while leading a nomadic life, no certain place could be appointed to them for the observance of sacred rites; each man did in that matter as suited his own convenience. But after they were settled in Canaan it should no longer be so; a certain order and fixed locality should be determined for their worship and service; when they had passed over Jordan the Lord would give them rest from all their enemies, and then all irregularity and arbitrariness in the matter of worship must cease, and all their gifts arid offerings must be brought to the place which Jehovah their God should choose. Ye dwell in safety; rather, dwell securely, not only safe from assault, but without fear or anxiety (cf. Judges 8:11; Judges 18:7).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You are not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to do
תַעֲשׂ֔וּן (ṯa·‘ă·śūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 6213: To do, make

as
כְּ֠כֹל (kə·ḵōl)
Preposition | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

we
אֲנַ֧חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

are doing
עֹשִׂ֛ים (‘ō·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

here
פֹּ֖ה (pōh)
Adverb
Strong's 6311: This place, here

today,
הַיּ֑וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

[where] everyone
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

[does] what
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

seems right
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר (hay·yā·šār)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

in his own eyes.
בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ (bə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain


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