12Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:


In Context

9 He said, |If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.|

10 He said, |Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.

11 Observe that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:

13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;

14 for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Exodus 34:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:12Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come, lest it be a snare in the midst of thee;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:12take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the middle of you: