Deuteronomy 12:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּן כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֧חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֛ים פֹּ֖ה הַיּ֑וֹם אִ֖ישׁ כָּל־הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Not taʿăśûn like-all which we ʿōśîm here hayyôm ʾîš all-the yaššār in ʿênāyw

Grammar Details

*taʿăśûn*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun - you shall do
*ʿōśîm*: qal participle masculine plural - doing
*hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the day/today
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/each one
*yaššār*: masculine singular adjective - right/straight/correct
*ʿênāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes

Word Meanings

*taʿăśûn*: do/make/perform
*ʿōśîm*: doing/making/performing
*hayyôm*: today/this day/now
*ʾîš*: man/each one/everyone
*yaššār*: right/straight/correct/proper
*ʿênāyw*: his eyes/in his sight/in his own opinion

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
Amos 5:25 : 25 Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:42 : 42 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Num 15:39 : 39 and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;

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