Deuteronomy 7:4 “because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other…”

Deuteronomy 7:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

World English Bible

For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So the LORD’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

American Standard Version

For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: then will the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee suddenly.

Darby Translation

for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

Young's Literal Translation

for he doth turn aside thy son from after Me, and they have served other gods, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and hath destroyed thee hastily.

Bible in Basic English

For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.

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Cross references

“so will”

Deuteronomy 6:15 Exodus 20:5 Judges 2:11 Judges 2:20 Deuteronomy 32:16 Deuteronomy 32:17

Deuteronomy 6:15 · BSB

For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Judges 2:11 · BSB

And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

Judges 2:20 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

Deuteronomy 32:16 · BSB

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

Deuteronomy 32:17 · BSB

They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.

Also

Deuteronomy 4:26

Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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

In context

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

5Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

Read Deuteronomy 7