The Meaning of Deuteronomy 25:16 Explained

Deuteronomy 25:16

KJV: For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

YLT: for the abomination of Jehovah thy God is any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.

Darby: For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

ASV: For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For all that do  such things,  [and] all that do  unrighteously,  [are] an abomination  unto the LORD  thy God. 

What does Deuteronomy 25:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 25

1  Punishment must not exceed forty lashes
4  The ox is not to be muzzled
5  Of raising seed unto a brother
11  Of the immodest woman
13  Of unjust weights and measures
17  The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 25:16 mean?

For [are] an abomination to Yahweh your God All who do these [things] all who behave unrighteously -
כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ כָּל־ עֹ֣שֵׂה אֵ֑לֶּה כֹּ֖ל עֹ֥שֵׂה עָֽוֶל פ

תוֹעֲבַ֛ת  [are]  an  abomination  to 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.
יְהוָ֥ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
עֹ֣שֵׂה  who  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אֵ֑לֶּה  these  [things] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
עֹ֥שֵׂה  who  behave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
עָֽוֶל  unrighteously 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָוֶל 
Sense: injustice, unrighteousness, wrong.
פ    - 
Parse: Punctuation