Deuteronomy 12:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:”
Deuteronomy 12:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 12:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 12:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.”
Deuteronomy 12:2 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 12:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: ”
Deuteronomy 12:2 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 12:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree;”
Deuteronomy 12:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 12:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall dispossess have served theirgods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree; ”
Deuteronomy 12:2 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 12:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yee shall vtterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possesse, serued their gods vpon the hie mountaines and vpon the hilles, and vnder euery greene tree.”
Deuteronomy 12:2 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 12:2 in Context — Deuteronomy 12
1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.
What Does Deuteronomy 12:2 Mean?
Deuteronomy 12:2 is a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Deuteronomy chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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