Deuteronomy 11:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִשָּֽׁמְר֣וּ לָכֶ֔ם פֶּ֥ן יִפְתֶּ֖ה לְבַבְכֶ֑ם וְסַרְתֶּ֗ם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם לָהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Hiššāmərû to-you pen yipteh ləḇaḇəḵem wəsartem wa'ăḇaḏtem 'ĕlōhîm 'ăḥērîm wəhištaḥăwîtem to-them

Grammar Details

• *Hiššāmərû*: niphal imperative, 2nd person plural - guard yourselves/take heed/be careful
• *pen*: conjunction - lest/so that not
• *yipteh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - be open/spread wide/deceive/entice
• *ləḇaḇəḵem*: noun with possessive suffix, 2nd person masculine plural - your heart
• *wəsartem*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine plural - turn aside/depart/rebel
• *wa'ăḇaḏtem*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine plural - serve/worship
• *'ĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - gods/deities/divine beings
• *'ăḥērîm*: adjective, masculine plural - other/foreign/strange
• *wəhištaḥăwîtem*: hishtaphel perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine plural - bow down/prostrate/worship

Word Meanings

• *Hiššāmərû*: guard yourselves/take heed/be careful/beware
• *pen*: lest/in case/so that not
• *yipteh*: deceive/entice/seduce/open wide
• *ləḇaḇəḵem*: your heart/mind/inner self
• *'ĕlōhîm*: gods/deities/divine beings
• *'ăḥērîm*: other/foreign/strange/alien

Referenced Verses

• Job 31:27 : 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
• Deut 8:19 : 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
• Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
• Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
• Deut 30:17 : 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
• Heb 4:1 : 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
• Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
• Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
• 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• Rev 13:14 : 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
• Deut 13:3 : 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
• Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
• Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.