Deuteronomy 23:6 “You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.”

Deuteronomy 23:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.

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Cross references

“Thou shalt”

Ezra 9:12 2 Samuel 8:2 2 Samuel 12:31 Nehemiah 13:23–25

Ezra 9:12 · BSB

Now, 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, leaving…

2 Samuel 8:2 · BSB

David 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 be…

2 Samuel 12:31 · BSB

David 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 return…

Nehemiah 13:23–25 · BSB

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

7Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

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