Deuteronomy 18:11
ContextNET © | one who casts spells, 1 one who conjures up spirits, 2 a practitioner of the occult, 3 or a necromancer. 4 |
NIV © | or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. |
NASB © | or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. |
NLT © | or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead. |
MSG © | casting spells, holding s�nces, or channeling with the dead. |
BBE © | Or anyone using secret force on people, or putting questions to a spirit, or having secret knowledge, or going to the dead for directions. |
NRSV © | or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits, or who seeks oracles from the dead. |
NKJV © | "or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. |
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NET © | one who casts spells, 1 one who conjures up spirits, 2 a practitioner of the occult, 3 or a necromancer. 4 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “a binder of binding” (חֹבֵר חָבֶר, khover khaver). The connotation is that of immobilizing (“binding”) someone or something by the use of magical words (cf. Ps 58:6; Isa 47:9, 12). 2 tn Heb “asker of a [dead] spirit” (שֹׁאֵל אוֹב, sho’el ’ov). This is a form of necromancy (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6; 1 Sam 28:8, 9; Isa 8:19; 19:3; 29:4). 3 tn Heb “a knowing [or “familiar”] [spirit]” (יִדְּעֹנִי, yiddÿ’oniy), i.e., one who is expert in mantic arts (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Sam 28:3, 9; 2 Kgs 21:6; Isa 8:19; 19:3). 4 tn Heb “a seeker of the dead.” This is much the same as “one who conjures up spirits” (cf. 1 Sam 28:6-7). |