Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Holman Bible
Never seek their peace or prosperity as long as you live.
International Standard Version
Don't seek a peace treaty with them as long as you live.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days forever.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Amplified
You shall never seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days.
Bible in Basic English
Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not seek their peace and their good all thy days to forever.
King James 2000
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You shall not promote their welfare or their prosperity all your days {forever}.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt never, therefore, seek that which is prosperous or good for them all thy days forever.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their welfare, - all thy days, unto times age-abiding.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age.
Themes
Ammonites » Excluded from the congregation of israel
the Ammonites » Jewish laws respecting » No covenant to made with
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Toward the israelites » Ammonites and moabites
Interlinear
Shalowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
5 But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you. 6 You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come. 7 You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.
Cross References
Ezra 9:12
Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.'
2 Samuel 8:2
He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.
2 Samuel 12:31
He removed the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 13:23-25
Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.