Parallel Verses
King James 2000
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
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.
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.
NET Bible
You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.
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 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing unto you, because the LORD your God loved you. 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. 7 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in his land.
Cross References
Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever: that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
2 Samuel 8:2
And he struck Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he the ones to put to death, and with one full line the ones to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
2 Samuel 12:31
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them to work with saws, and with picks of iron, and with axes of iron, and made them toil at the brick kilns: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 13:23-25
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: