Deuteronomy 7:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:3

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.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 7:3

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American 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.

Amplified® Bible
You shall not make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son nor shall you take his daughter for your son,

Contemporary English Version
and don't let your sons and daughters marry any of them.

Darby English Version
And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;

Good News Bible
Do not marry any of them, and do not let your children marry any of them,

King James 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.

New American Standard Bible
"Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

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

New King James Version
Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Revised Standard Version
You shall not make marriages with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.

Young's Literal Translation
`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,

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