The Meaning of Deuteronomy 13:11 Explained

Deuteronomy 13:11

KJV: And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

YLT: and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst.

Darby: and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst.

ASV: And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all Israel  shall hear,  and fear,  and shall do  no more  any  such wickedness  as this is among  you. 

What does Deuteronomy 13:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 13:1-18 - Cut Out The Plague Spot
How to exterminate sources of disease is a main question with the modern world; but the stamping-out of possible sources of temptation must not less energetically be pursued by each religious soul. The prophet, the beloved associate, the community, that endeavored to turn Israel aside from God, might have no mercy shown. There was no room for those liberal views, in vogue today, that smile on the greatest divergencies of belief, if only their advocates are sincere.
For ourselves the lesson is clear enough. We must dissociate ourselves from companionships, however affectionate, which exert a deleterious effect on our characters, and draw us away from God. There is only one alternative-that we should overcome evil with good and lift them to our own ideals. If that be impossible, our course is clear. Our eye must not pity, nor our hand spare. And Jesus left no other alternative. See Mark 9:42-43. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 13

1  Enticers to idolatry
6  however near to oneself
9  are to be stoned to death
12  Idolatrous cities are not to be spared

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 13:11 mean?

So all Israel shall hear and fear and not again do such wickedness as this among you -
וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׁמְע֖וּ וְיִֽרָא֑וּן וְלֹֽא־ יוֹסִ֣פוּ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת כַּדָּבָ֥ר הָרָ֛ע הַזֶּ֖ה בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ ס

וְכָל־  So  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יִשְׁמְע֖וּ  shall  hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וְיִֽרָא֑וּן  and  fear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
וְלֹֽא־  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יוֹסִ֣פוּ  again 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
כַּדָּבָ֥ר  such 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הָרָ֛ע  wickedness 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
הַזֶּ֖ה  as  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ  among  you 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation