6Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.


In Context

3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord , even down to the tenth generation.

4 For they did not come to meet you with bread and water on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim to pronounce a curse on you.

5 However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.

6 Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.

7 Do not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as an alien in his country.

8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord .

Deuteronomy 23:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days — to the age.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days for ever.