Deuteronomy 23:6

In 11 translations

BSB

You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

KJV

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.prosperity: Heb. good

WEB

You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

ASV

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

LSV

you do not seek their peace and their good all your days—for all time.

YLT

thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days — to the age.

DBY

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

DRC

Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.

GNV

Thou shalt not seeke their peace nor their prosperitie all thy dayes for euer.

JPS23:7

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

LXXE23:7

Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days for ever.

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Original-language editions

WLC23:7

לֹא־תִדְרֹ֥שׁ שְׁלֹמָ֖ם וְטֹבָתָ֑ם כָּל־יָמֶ֖יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם׃KJV:Deut.23.6

LXX-Br23:7

Οὐ προσαγορεύσεις εἰρηνικὰ αὐτοῖς καὶ συμφέροντα αὐτοῖς πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezra 9:12Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land,…
• Nehemiah 13:23–25In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. I rebuked them…
• 2 Samuel 12:31David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops…
• 2 Samuel 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites…

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