Deuteronomy 22:11

Deuteronomy 22:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed together.

Context of Deuteronomy 22:11

9You must not plant any other crops between the vines in your vineyard. If you do that, none of the food or the grapes will belong to you. 10You must not tie an ox and a donkey together to pull a plough. You must not mix wool and linen together to make your clothes. 12You must fix tassels on the four corners of your coat. 13Perhaps a man will marry a woman, and he has sex with her. Later he decides he no longer wants her to be his wife.

Deuteronomy 22:11 word by word

לֹ֤א תִלְבַּשׁ֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז צֶ֥מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים יַחְדָּֽו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not wearלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• a garment of divers sortsשַׁעַטְנֵזsha‛aţnêz · mixed stuffH8162
• of woollenצֶ֫מֶרtsemer · woolH6785
• and linenפֵּ֫שֶׁתpishteh · flaxH6593
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:11

• Leviticus 19:19The people must obey God's rules. They must not let two different kinds of animals have sex together. They must not put two different kinds of seeds in one field. They must not make clothes from two different materials.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-11Verses 9-11 Compare the marginal reference. The prohibition of Deuteronomy 22:10 was also dictated by humanity. The ox and the donkey being of such different size and strength, it would be cruel to the latter to yoke them together. These two animals are named as being those ordinarily employed in agriculture; compare Isaiah 32:20.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these laws, which seem little, is such, that being found among the things of God's law, they are to be accounted great things. If we would prove ourselves to be God's people, we must have respect to his will and to his glory, and not to the vain fashions of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Keeping wool and linen separate showed Israel's separation as God's holy people (see also Leviticus 19:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts--The essence of the crime (Zep 1:8) consisted, not in wearing a woollen and a linen robe, but in the two stuffs being woven together, according to a favorite superstition of ancient idolaters (see on Le 19:19).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings