Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt never, therefore, seek that which is prosperous or good for them all thy 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.
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.
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 thy God would not hearken unto Balaam, but turned the curse to a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. 6 Thou shalt never, therefore, seek that which is prosperous or good for them all thy days forever. 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother: neither shalt thou abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Cross References
Ezra 9:12
Therefore shall ye not give your daughters unto their sons, and their daughters shall ye not take unto your sons, and seek not their peace and wealth forever, that ye may be strong, and enjoy the good in the land, and that ye and your children may have the inheritance of it for evermore.'
2 Samuel 8:2
And he beat the Moabites and measured them with a line, making them lie along the earth; so that he brought two parts of them to death, and let one part live. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and paid tribute.
2 Samuel 12:31
And he brought out the people that was therein and sawed them and drew harrows of iron upon them, and shred some of them with shredding knives of iron, and thrust some into furnaces. And so he served all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 13:23-25
And at the same time saw I Jews, that married wives of Ashdod, Ammon, and of Moab;