Deuteronomy 8:20
Like 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.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
As the nations which the LORD stroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
KJV1611 – Modern English
As the nations which the LORD destroyed before your face, so shall you perish; because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
As the nations{H1471} that Jehovah{H3068} maketh to perish{H6} before you,{H6440} so shall ye perish;{H6} because{H6118} ye would not hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
As the nations{H1471} which the LORD{H3068} destroyeth{H6}{(H8688)} before your face{H6440}, so shall ye perish{H6}{(H8799)}; because{H6118} ye would not be obedient{H8085}{(H8799)} unto the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
As the nacyons whiche the Lorde destroyeth before the, euen so ye shall peryshe, because ye wolde not herken vnto the voyce of the Lord youre God.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen as the Heythen whom ye LORDE destroyeth before youre face, so shall ye perishe also, because ye are not obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God.
Geneva Bible (1560)
As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before you, so ye shall perish, because ye woulde not be obedient vnto the voyce of the Lord your God.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
As the nations whiche the Lorde destroyed before your face, euen so ye shall perishe, because ye woulde not be obedient vnto the voyce of ye Lord your God.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
Webster's Bible (1833)
As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so shall you perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
as the nations whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence, so ye perish; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God.
American Standard Version (1901)
As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.
American Standard Version (1901)
As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Like the nations which the Lord is cutting off before you, so you will be cut off; because you would not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.
World English Bible (2000)
As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Just like the nations the LORD is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.
Referenced Verses
- Dan 9:11-12 : 11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice. So the curse and oath written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us because we have sinned against Him. 12 He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and our rulers who governed us, bringing on us a great disaster. Nothing like it has ever been done under the entire heaven as what has been done in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 36:16-17 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy. 17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their sanctuary and showed no mercy to young men, young women, the elderly, or the infirm; God delivered them all into his hand.
Similar Verses (AI)
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19 If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
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38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
- Deut 28:62-643 verses79%
62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
63 Just 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.
64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
- Josh 23:15-162 verses77%
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.
- Deut 4:26-272 verses77%
26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely be quickly destroyed from the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not extend your days there but will be utterly destroyed.
27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will lead you.
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18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish and will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.
- Deut 31:3-53 verses76%
3 The LORD your God himself will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall take possession of them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
4 And 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.
5 The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must act toward them according to the entire commandment I have instructed you.
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12 For any nation or kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations will be utterly ruined.
- Deut 28:20-212 verses76%
20 The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me.
21 The LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you until He has consumed you from the land that you are entering to possess.
- Deut 7:23-242 verses76%
23 But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.
24 He 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.
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45 All these curses will come upon you, pursue you, and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that He commanded you.
- Deut 20:15-184 verses75%
15 This 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.
16 But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.
17 Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.
18 This 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.
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17 'But if they do not obey, I will completely uproot and destroy that nation,' declares the LORD.
- Deut 12:29-302 verses74%
29 When 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,
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.'
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23 Do not follow the customs of the nations that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
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15 But if you do not obey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.
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19 And when you ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' you are to tell them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'
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15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.
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28 and the curse if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God but turn aside from the way I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
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20 But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
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3 Your 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.
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16 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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28 So you shall say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept discipline; truth has perished and is cut off from their lips.'
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17 Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no produce. Then you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.
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43 For the Amalekites and Canaanites are there to confront you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.
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3 But 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.
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51 They 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.
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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.
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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.
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25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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2 But you must not make a covenant with the people who live in this land. Instead, you are to break down their altars. Yet you have not obeyed me. What is this that you have done?'
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20 If 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.
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7 Do not be like your ancestors and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.
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22 Now therefore be certain of this: You will die by the sword, famine, and plague in the place where you desire to go to settle.
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37 You will become an object of horror, a byword, and a taunt among all the peoples to which the LORD will drive you.
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18 Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD or carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
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8 And you will again obey the LORD and follow all His commandments that I am giving you today.
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15 If you turn away from following Him, He will abandon them again in the wilderness, and you will bring destruction on all these people."