Deuteronomy 7:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take for your son.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֥א תִתְחַתֵּ֖ן בָּ֑ם בִּתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תִתֵּ֣ן לִבְנ֔וֹ וּבִתּ֖וֹ לֹא־תִקַּ֥ח לִבְנֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And not titḥattēn with them; your bittəkā not tittēn to his son, and his bittô not tiqqaḥ for your son.

Grammar Details

• *titḥattēn*: Hithpael imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall intermarry/make marriage alliance
• *bittəkā*: noun feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your daughter
• *tittēn*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall give
• *bittô*: noun feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his daughter
• *tiqqaḥ*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall take

Word Meanings

• *titḥattēn*: intermarry/make marriage alliance/form marriage ties
• *tittēn*: give/allow/permit
• *tiqqaḥ*: take/receive/accept

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  neither shalt thou make marriages{H2859} with them; thy daughter{H1323} thou shalt not give{H5414} unto his son,{H1121} nor his daughter{H1323} shalt thou take{H3947} unto thy son.{H1121}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Neither shalt thou make marriages{H2859}{(H8691)} with them; thy daughter{H1323} thou shalt not give{H5414}{(H8799)} unto his son{H1121}, nor his daughter{H1323} shalt thou take{H3947}{(H8799)} unto thy son{H1121}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Also thou shalt make no mariages with them, nether geue thy doughter vnto his sonne nor take his doughter vnto thy sonne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye shall not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes, ner take their doughters vnto youre sonnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt make no mariages with them: neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take to your son.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

• World English Bible (2000)

  neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 11:2 : 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the children of Israel, You shall not go to them, nor shall they come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods: Solomon clung to these in love.
• Exod 34:15-16 : 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice. 16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.
• Josh 23:12-13 : 12 Otherwise, if you do at all turn back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even those that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you: 13 Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
• Judg 3:6-7 : 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
• Gen 6:2-3 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
• Ezra 9:1-2 : 1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has mingled with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
• Neh 13:23-27 : 23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab; 24 and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of each people. 25 So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. 26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless, pagan women caused even him to sin. 27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?
• 2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what part has he who believes with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.