Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 12:8
8You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You are not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to do | תַעֲשׂ֔וּן | ṯa·‘ă·śūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H6213 do, make |
| as | כְּ֠כֹל | kə·ḵōl | Preposition; Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| we | אֲנַ֧חְנוּ | ’ă·naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| are doing | עֹשִׂ֛ים | ‘ō·śîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| here | פֹּ֖ה | pōh | Adverb | H6311 here, hither |
| today | הַיּ֑וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| everyone | אִ֖ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| what | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| seems right | הַיָּשָׁ֥ר | hay·yā·šār | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H3477 straight, right |
| in his own eyes | בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ | bə·‘ê·nāw | Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Judges 21:25 · Judges 17:6 · Proverbs 21:2 · Acts 7:42 · Numbers 15:39
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.