Parallel Verses
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.
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
Jehovah your God was not willing to listen to Balaam. Jehovah your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because Jehovah your God loves you.
6
Cross References
Ezra 9:12
Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well being for a very long time. That way you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for as long as they live.
2 Samuel 8:2
He defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
2 Samuel 12:31
David made the people of Rabbah tear down the city walls with iron picks and axes. He also put them to work making bricks. He did the same thing with all the other Ammonite cities. David went back to Jerusalem. The people of Israel returned to their homes.
Nehemiah 13:23-25
I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab: