Deuteronomy 7:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:2

A Chosen People

1 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to ^apossess, and has cast out many ^bnations before you, ^cthe Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

2 and when the Lord your God delivers ^athem over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. ^bYou shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.

3 ^aNor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

4 For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; ^aso the anger of the Lord will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly.

5 But thus you shall deal with them: you shall ^adestroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their¹ wooden images, and burn their carved images with fire.

6 “For you are a¹ holy people to the Lord your God; ^athe Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 7:2

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American Standard Version
and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;

Amplified® Bible
And when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you smite them, then you must utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, or show mercy to them.

Contemporary English Version
the LORD will force them out of the land. Then you must destroy them without mercy. Don't make any peace treaties with them,

Darby English Version
and when Jehovah thy God shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.

Good News Bible
When the LORD your God places these people in your power and you defeat them, you must put them all to death. Do not make an alliance with them or show them any mercy.

King James Version
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them:

New American Standard Bible
and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them.

New International Version
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.

New King James Version
and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them.

Revised Standard Version
and when the LORD your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them; then you must utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, and show no mercy to them.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them -- thou dost utterly devote them -- thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

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