Deuteronomy 7:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall liver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Thou shalt bringe to nought all nacions which the Lorde thy God delyuereth the, thyne eye shall haue no pitie vppon them nether shalt thou serue their goddes, for that shalbe thy decaye.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thou shalt brynge to naught all the nacions, which the LORDE thy God shal delyuer the. Thine eye shall not spare them, and their goddes shalt thou not serue, for that shalbe thy decaye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thou shalt therefore consume all people which the Lord thy God shall giue thee: thine eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that shalbe thy destruction.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thou shalt consume all the nations which the Lorde thy God shall deliuer thee: thine eye shall haue no pitie vpon them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that shalbe thy decay.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall consume all the peoples who Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it `is' to thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism You must destroy all the people whom the LORD your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:33 : 33 They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me, because if you worship their gods, it will become a snare to you.
  • Judg 8:27 : 27 Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.
  • Ps 106:36 : 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
  • Deut 7:2 : 2 and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy.
  • Deut 13:8 : 8 whether those gods are nearby or far away, from one end of the earth to the other—
  • Deut 19:13 : 13 Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
  • Deut 19:21 : 21 You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Deut 25:12 : 12 then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.
  • Josh 23:13-16 : 13 then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you. 14 Now behold, I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls that not one word has failed of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you. All of them have been fulfilled for you; not one word has failed. 15 But just as all the good things the LORD your God promised you have come to pass, so too the LORD will bring upon you the bad things He threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. 16 If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land He has given you.
  • Judg 2:3 : 3 So now I say, 'I will not drive them out before you. They will become thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.'
  • Judg 2:12 : 12 They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger.
  • Judg 3:6 : 6 They took the daughters of these peoples as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to the sons of these peoples, and worshiped their gods.
  • Deut 12:30-31 : 30 be careful that you are not ensnared by following them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.' 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
  • Exod 34:12-16 : 12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst. 13 Instead, you must destroy their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles. 14 For you must not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. 15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices. 16 And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.
  • Num 33:55 : 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you live.
  • Jer 21:7 : 7 Afterward, declares the LORD, I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, the people, and those remaining in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their lives. He will strike them down with the edge of the sword without pity, without sparing, and without mercy.
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good morals.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 7:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,

    2and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy.

    3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

    4because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the LORD's anger will burn against you, and He will quickly destroy you.

  • Deut 13:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife of your embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, 'Let us go and worship other gods'—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

    8whether those gods are nearby or far away, from one end of the earth to the other—

    9do not yield to him or listen to him. Show no pity or compassion, and do not shield him.

  • Deut 7:22-25
    4 verses
    78%

    22The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

    23But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

    24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under the heavens. No one will be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.

    25You must burn the carved images of their gods in the fire. Do not covet the silver or gold on them, and do not take it for yourself, or you will be ensnared by it. For it is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 7:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17If you say in your heart, 'These nations are too numerous for me; how can I drive them out?'

    18Do not be afraid of them. Remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt—

    19the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.

    20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hiding from you perish.

  • Deut 13:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

    16you must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, devoting it and all that is in it, including its livestock, to complete destruction.

    17Gather all the spoil of that city into its public square and burn the city and all its plunder as a complete offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.

  • Deut 20:13-18
    6 verses
    75%

    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

    14However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

    15This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

    16But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

    17Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    18This is so they do not teach you to follow all the detestable practices they have done for their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

  • Exod 23:32-33
    2 verses
    75%

    32Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

    33They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me, because if you worship their gods, it will become a snare to you.

  • Deut 19:13
    75%

    13Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

  • Deut 31:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

    5The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must act toward them according to the entire commandment I have instructed you.

  • Deut 12:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

    30be careful that you are not ensnared by following them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.'

  • Josh 23:13
    74%

    13then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

  • Deut 8:20
    73%

    20Like the nations that the Lord is destroying before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 7:15
    73%

    15The LORD will remove all sickness from you. He will not inflict on you the terrible diseases of Egypt that you knew, but He will lay them on all who hate you.

  • Deut 4:3
    73%

    3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal Peor; for every man who followed Baal Peor, the LORD your God destroyed him from among you.

  • Deut 6:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

    15For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. His anger will burn against you, and He will destroy you from the face of the earth.

  • Deut 28:63
    73%

    63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so it will please Him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 6:19
    72%

    19He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • Josh 24:20
    72%

    20If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring harm to you and destroy you, after He has been good to you.

  • Ezek 9:5
    72%

    5To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.'

  • Josh 23:7
    72%

    7Do not associate with these nations that remain among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.

  • Exod 23:24
    72%

    24Do not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their practices. Instead, you must demolish them completely and shatter their sacred pillars.

  • Deut 28:51
    72%

    51They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, or fresh oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have wiped you out.

  • Lev 26:38
    72%

    38You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • Josh 23:16
    72%

    16If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land He has given you.

  • Exod 34:12
    72%

    12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst.

  • Exod 34:15
    72%

    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

  • Deut 9:3
    72%

    3But understand today that the LORD your God is the one crossing ahead of you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and subdue them before you, so you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.

  • Ezek 7:4
    72%

    4'I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will repay you for your conduct and your detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'