Deuteronomy 23:6
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Deuteronomy 23:6 in other translations
| BSB | You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days--to the age. |
| DARBY | Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. |
| BBE | Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever. |
| Webster | Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. |
What does Deuteronomy 23:6 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:1-8
We ought to value the privileges of God's people, both for ourselves and for our children, above all other advantages. No personal blemishes, no crimes of our forefathers, no difference of nation, shuts us out under the Christian dispensation. But an unsound heart will deprive us of blessings; and a bad example, or an unsuitable marriage, may shut our children from them.
Deuteronomy 23:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 23:6
- 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 for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
- Nehemiah 13:23-25
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
- 2 Samuel 8:2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line 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 under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 8:2; 12:31; Ezr 9:12; Ne 13:23-25
prosperity. Heb. good.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
- Deuteronomy 23:6
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
- Deuteronomy 23:7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Deuteronomy 23:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No procurarás la paz de ellos ni su bien en todos los días para siempre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, ne voulut pas écouter Balaam; et l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, a changé pour toi la malédiction en bénédiction, car l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a aimé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst ihren Frieden und ihr Wohl nicht suchen alle deine Tage, ewiglich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non facies cum eis pacem, nec quæras eis bona cunctis diebus vitæ tuæ in sempiternum. |