Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, New Living Translation “Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, English Standard Version “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, Berean Standard Bible If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, King James Bible If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, New King James Version “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, New American Standard Bible “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, NASB 1995 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, NASB 1977 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, Legacy Standard Bible “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, Amplified Bible “If a prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, Christian Standard Bible “If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, Holman Christian Standard Bible If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, American Standard Version If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, English Revised Version If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, GOD'S WORD® Translation One of your people, claiming to be a prophet or to have prophetic dreams, may predict a miraculous sign or an amazing thing. Good News Translation "Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder, International Standard Version "A prophet or a diviner of dreams may arise among you, give you an omen or a miracle Majority Standard Bible If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, NET Bible Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder, New Heart English Bible If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give you a sign or a wonder, Webster's Bible Translation If there shall arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and give thee a sign or a wonder. World English Bible If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“When a prophet or a dreamer of a dream arises in your midst, and he has given a sign or wonder to you, Young's Literal Translation 'When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, Smith's Literal Translation When there shall arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gave to thee a sign or a wonder, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf there rise in the midst of thee a prophet or one that saith he hath dreamed a dream, and he foretell a sign and a wonder, Catholic Public Domain Version “If there will have arisen in your midst a prophet, or someone who claims that he had seen a dream, and if he will have predicted sign and portent, New American Bible If there arises in your midst a prophet or a dreamer who promises you a sign or wonder, New Revised Standard Version If prophets or those who divine by dreams appear among you and promise you omens or portents, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and give you a sign or a wonder, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated "And when a Prophet or dreamer of dreams shall rise among you and he will give you a sign or a wonder. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams--and he give thee a sign or a wonder, Brenton Septuagint Translation And if there arise within thee a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives thee a sign or a wonder, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Idolaters to Be Put to Death1If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, 2and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”… Cross References Matthew 24:24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. 2 Peter 2:1 Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. Revelation 13:13-14 And the second beast performed great signs, even causing fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people. / Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived. Jeremiah 23:16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. Ezekiel 13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD. 1 Kings 22:22-23 And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ / So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.” 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. Acts 20:29-30 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Jeremiah 14:14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds. Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. Galatians 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! Treasury of Scripture If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, 1 Kings 13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. Isaiah 9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. a dreamer Jeremiah 23:25-28 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed… Jeremiah 27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: Jeremiah 29:8,24 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed… Jump to Previous Announces Appears Arise Arises Ariseth Dream Dreamer Dreameth Dreams Midst Miraculous Prophet Sign WonderJump to Next Announces Appears Arise Arises Ariseth Dream Dreamer Dreameth Dreams Midst Miraculous Prophet Sign WonderDeuteronomy 13 1. Enticers to idolatry6. however near to oneself 9. are to be stoned to death 12. Idolatrous cities are not to be spared If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you The phrase "If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you" introduces a scenario where an individual claims to have received divine revelation. The Hebrew word for "prophet" is "navi," which traditionally refers to someone who speaks on behalf of God. In ancient Israel, prophets were pivotal in guiding the people according to God's will. The term "dreamer of dreams" suggests someone who receives messages through dreams, a common means of divine communication in the ancient Near East. This phrase sets the stage for discerning true divine messages from false ones, emphasizing the need for vigilance and discernment within the community of believers. and proclaims a sign or wonder to you (1) If there arise.--Three cases of instigation to idolatry are considered in this chapter:-- 1. The false prophet (Deuteronomy 13:1-5). 2. A private individual (Deuteronomy 13:6-11). 3. A city (Deuteronomy 13:12-18). In every case the penalty is the same--death without mercy. . . . Verse 1. - A prophet (nabhi, נבָיִא); one who speaks from God, an interpreter to men of what God reveals or suggests to him (cf. for the meaning of the word, Exodus 7:1 with Exodus 4:16; also Jeremiah 15:19). Dreamer of dreams. Not by visions or immediate suggestion only, but also by means of dreams, did God communicate with men (cf. Numbers 12:6). The case supposed here, then, is that of one pretending to have had revelations from God through those media by which God was pleased to convey his will to men (cf. Hem., 'Iliad,' h 62 - 'Ἀλλ ἄγε δή τινα μάντιν ἐρείομεν....η} καὶ ὀνειροπόλον καὶ γάρ τ᾿ ὄναρ ἔκ Διός ἐστιν Sign or a wonder. A sign was some event foretold by the prophet, and the occurrence of which was a token that something else which he announced would happen or should be done (cf. 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 10:7-9; 2 Kings 19:29; Isaiah 7:11-14; Isaiah 38:7; Mark 13:4, etc.). A wonder was a miracle, the performance of which gave proof of a Divine commission (cf. Deuteronomy 4:24). These signs, it is assumed, should come to pass; nevertheless, the people were not to listen to the man who gave them to go after other gods. The mere fact that he sought to persuade them to forsake the worship of Jehovah was sufficient to prove him an impostor; for how could one who sought to seduce the people from God be sent by God? The sign which was given to authenticate such a message could only be one of those "lying signs and wonders after the working of Satan," by which his emissaries try to deceive and mislead; and was permitted by God only that their fidelity to him might be tested and proved. They had already received God's message; they had his word; and no teaching which contravened that, however apparently authenticated, could be from him, or was to he accepted by them (cf. Jeremiah 29:8; Galatians 1:8, 9; 1 John 3:1, etc.). Come what might, they were to walk after Jehovah their God, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and serve him; and cleave unto him. The false prophet, as a public enemy and a suborner of treason against the King of Israel, was to be put to death; and so the evil would be put away from among them. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction a prophet נָבִ֔יא (nā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet or א֖וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if dreamer חֹלֵ֣ם (ḥō·lêm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's 2492: To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream of dreams חֲל֑וֹם (ḥă·lō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2472: A dream arises יָק֤וּם (yā·qūm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand among you בְּקִרְבְּךָ֙ (bə·qir·bə·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center and proclaims וְנָתַ֥ן (wə·nā·ṯan) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set a sign א֖וֹת (’ō·wṯ) Noun - common singular Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence or א֥וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if wonder מוֹפֵֽת׃ (mō·w·p̄êṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4159: A miracle, a token, omen to you, אֵלֶ֛יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links Deuteronomy 13:1 NIVDeuteronomy 13:1 NLT Deuteronomy 13:1 ESV Deuteronomy 13:1 NASB Deuteronomy 13:1 KJV Deuteronomy 13:1 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 13:1 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 13:1 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 13:1 French Bible Deuteronomy 13:1 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 13:1 If there arise in the midst (Deut. 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