16and 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.


In Context

13 but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.

14 For thou shalt worship no other God; for Jehovah Jealous is his name is a jealous God;

15 lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and then, when they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, thou be invited, and eat of their sacrifice,

16 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.

17 thou shalt make thyself no molten gods.

18 The feast of the unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I have commanded thee, at the appointed time of the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

Exodus 34:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:16And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:16And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:16Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son, lest after they themselves have committed fornication, they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:16and 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:16and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:16And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:16and 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:16and 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:16And you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make your sons go a whoring after their gods.