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World English Bible

and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

New American Standard Bible

and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.

King James Version

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Holman Bible

Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

International Standard Version

"You are not to take any of their daughters for your sons. Otherwise, when their daughters prostitute themselves with their gods, they may cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

A Conservative Version

and thou take of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

American Standard Version

and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

Amplified

and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters would play the prostitute with their gods and cause your sons also to play the prostitute (commit apostasy) with their gods [that is, abandon the true God for man-made idols].

Bible in Basic English

Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

Darby Translation

and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Julia Smith Translation

And thou didst take from his daughters to thy sons, and they committed fornication after their gods, and they made thy sons commit fornication after their gods.

King James 2000

And you take of their daughters unto your sons, and their daughters go play the harlot after their gods, and make your sons go play the harlot after their gods.

Lexham Expanded Bible

and you take from their daughters for your sons, and their daughters prostitute [themselves] after their gods, and they cause your sons to prostitute [themselves] after their gods.

Modern King James verseion

and lest you take from their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods and make your sons go whoring after their gods.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and when their daughters go a whoring after their gods,

NET Bible

and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

New Heart English Bible

and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

The Emphasized Bible

And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons, - And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods.

Webster

And thou take of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make thy sons go astray after their gods.

Youngs Literal Translation

and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thou take
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

go a whoring
זנה 
Zanah 
זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93
Usage: 93

אחר 
'achar 
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488
Usage: 488

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

and make
זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

Context Readings

Covenant Stipulations

15 "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice; 16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods. 17 "You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:3-4

neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.

1 Kings 11:2-4

of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, "You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon joined to these in love.

Ezra 9:2

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass."

Nehemiah 13:25

I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

Numbers 25:1-2

Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:

2 Corinthians 6:14-17

Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

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