Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
so that they may not teach you to do
King James Version
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
Holman Bible
so that they won’t teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God.
International Standard Version
so they won't teach you to do all the detestable things that they do for their gods. If you do what they teach you, you will sin against the LORD your God."
A Conservative Version
that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods, so ye would sin against LORD your God.
American Standard Version
that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.
Amplified
so that they will not teach you to act in accordance with all the detestable practices which they have done [in worship and service] for their gods, and in this way cause you to sin against the Lord your God.
Bible in Basic English
So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.
Darby Translation
that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, so that ye sin against Jehovah your God.
Julia Smith Translation
So that they shall not teach you to do according to all their abominations to their gods; and ye sinned to Jehovah your God.
King James 2000
That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so that you should sin against the LORD your God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
so that they may not teach you to do like all their detestable things that they do for their gods and [thereby] you sin against Yahweh your God.
Modern King James verseion
so that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods. So you would sin against Jehovah your God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they do unto their gods, and so should sin against the LORD your God.
NET Bible
so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.
New Heart English Bible
that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against the LORD your God.
The Emphasized Bible
lest they teach you to do, according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, - and so ye sin against Yahweh your God.
Webster
That they may not teach you to do after all their abominations which they have done to their gods; so would ye sin against the LORD your God.
World English Bible
that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
Youngs Literal Translation
so that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods, and ye have sinned against Jehovah your God.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 20:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
17
but you shall devote them to complete destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the LORD your God has commanded,
18 so that they may not teach you to do
Cross References
Exodus 23:33
They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."
Deuteronomy 12:30-31
take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods?--that I also may do the same.'
Psalm 106:34-40
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
Exodus 34:16
and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
Deuteronomy 7:4-5
for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
Deuteronomy 18:19
And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
Joshua 23:13
know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the LORD your God has given you.
Judges 2:3
So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you."
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."
2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
1 Timothy 6:5
and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
2 Timothy 2:17-18
and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
Revelation 18:3-5
For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living."