King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

KJVu: 1 "If there arises among YOU a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,

KJV:   2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ;

KJVu: 2 and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods, ' which you have not known, 'and let us serve them ,'

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams ; for the LORD YOUR God proves YOU, to know whether YOU love the LORD YOUR God with all YOUR heart and with all YOUR soul.

KJV:   4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

KJVu: 4 YOU shall walk after the LORD YOUR God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and YOU shall serve him, and cling to him.

Notes: "Cleave" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1692 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "abide fast, cleave fast together, follow close hard after, be joined together -|- A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit — abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take."

KJV:   5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death ; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

KJVu: 5 That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death , because he has spoken to turn YOU away from the LORD YOUR God, who brought YOU out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed YOU out of the house of bondage, to draw you from the way which the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. So shall you put the evil away from the midst of you.

Notes: "Thrust" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5080 with a Strong’s definition of " banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw."

KJV:   6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers ;

KJVu: 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers ,

KJV:   7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ;

KJVu: 7 of the gods of the people which are around YOU, near to you, or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth ,

KJV:   8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him :

KJVu: 8 you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him .

KJV:   9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

KJVu: 9 But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

KJV:   10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

KJVu: 10 And you shall stone him with stones, so that he dies; because he has sought to draw you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

KJV:   11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

KJVu: 11 Then all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more such wickedness as this among YOU.

KJV:   12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

KJVu: 12 If you hear someone in one of your cities, which the LORD your God has given you to dwell there, saying,

KJV:   13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

KJVu: 13 'Certain men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among YOU, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods, which YOU have not known;

Notes: "Withdrawn" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5080 with a Strong’s definition of "banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw ."

KJV:   14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

KJVu: 14 Then you shall inquire, and search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it is true, and certain, that such abomination was committed among YOU,

KJV:   15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

KJVu: 15 you shall surely kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is in it, and the cattle of it, with the edge of the sword.

KJV:   16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God : and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

KJVu: 16 And you shall gather all the plunder from it into the middle of the street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the plunder of it completely, for the LORD your God ; and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.

Notes: "Whit" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3632 with a Strong’s definition of "all, every whit, flame, perfection, utterly, whole burnt offering sacrifice, wholly -|-From kalal; complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully — all, every whit, flame, perfect(-ion), utterly, whole burnt offering (sacrifice), wholly."

KJV:   17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand : that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

KJVu: 17 There shall nothing of the cursed thing cling to your hand , so that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers,

KJV:   18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

KJVu: 18 when you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.