Deuteronomy 23:6
4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
- WEB
- You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
- BLB
- You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days, forever.
- ÅB
- Du skal aldri i dine levedager søke deres velferd og lykke.
- OTB
- Du skal ikke søke deres fred eller velstand alle dine dager.
- B1930
- Du skal aldri i dine levedager søke deres velferd og lykke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezra 9:12
Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
Read in contextNehemiah 13:23–25
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:2
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:31
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Read in context