Deuteronomy 7 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 8

¹You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.

KJVAll the commandments^H4687 which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117 shall ye observe^H8104^(H8799) to do^H6213^(H8800), that ye may live^H2421^(H8799), and multiply^H7235^(H8804), and go in^H935^(H8804) and possess^H3423^(H8804) the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 sware^H7650^(H8738) unto your fathers^H1.

² You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

KJVAnd thou shalt remember^H2142^(H8804) all the way^H1870 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 led^H3212^(H8689) thee these forty^H705 years^H8141 in the wilderness^H4057, to humble^H6031^(H8763) thee, and to prove^H5254^(H8763) thee, to know^H3045^(H8800) what was in thine heart^H3824, whether thou wouldest keep^H8104^(H8799) his commandments^H4687, or no.

³ He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

KJVAnd he humbled^H6031^(H8762) thee, and suffered thee to hunger^H7456^(H8686), and fed^H398^(H8686) thee with manna^H4478, which thou knewest^H3045^(H8804) not, neither did thy fathers^H1 know^H3045^(H8804); that he might make thee know^H3045^(H8687) that man^H120 doth not live^H2421^(H8799) by bread^H3899 only^H905, but by every word that proceedeth^H4161 out of the mouth^H6310 of the LORD^H3068 doth man^H120 live^H2421^(H8799).

⁴ Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

KJVThy raiment^H8071 waxed not old^H1086^(H8804) upon thee, neither did thy foot^H7272 swell^H1216^(H8804), these forty^H705 years^H8141.

⁵ You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

KJVThou shalt also consider^H3045^(H8804) in^H5973 thine heart^H3824, that, as a man^H376 chasteneth^H3256^(H8762) his son^H1121, so the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 chasteneth^H3256^(H8764) thee.

⁶ You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

KJVTherefore thou shalt keep^H8104^(H8804) the commandments^H4687 of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, to walk^H3212^(H8800) in his ways^H1870, and to fear^H3372^(H8800) him.

⁷ For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 bringeth^H935^(H8688) thee into a good^H2896 land^H776, a land^H776 of brooks^H5158 of water^H4325, of fountains^H5869 and depths^H8415 that spring out^H3318^(H8802) of valleys^H1237 and hills^H2022;

⁸ a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;

KJVA land^H776 of wheat^H2406, and barley^H8184, and vines^H1612, and fig trees^H8384, and pomegranates^H7416; a land^H776 of oil^H8081 olive^H2132, and honey^H1706;

⁹ a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

KJVA land^H776 wherein^H834 thou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) bread^H3899 without^H3808 scarceness^H4544, thou shalt not lack^H2637^(H8799) any thing in it; a land^H776 whose stones^H68 are iron^H1270, and out of whose hills^H2042 thou mayest dig^H2672^(H8799) brass^H5178.

¹⁰ You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.

KJVWhen thou hast eaten^H398^(H8804) and art full^H7646^(H8804), then thou shalt bless^H1288^(H8765) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 for the good^H2896 land^H776 which he hath given^H5414^(H8804) thee.

¹¹ Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;

KJVBeware^H8104^(H8734) that thou forget^H7911^(H8799) not the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, in not keeping^H8104^(H8800) his commandments^H4687, and his judgments^H4941, and his statutes^H2708, which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117:

¹² lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;

KJVLest when thou hast eaten^H398^(H8799) and art full^H7646^(H8804), and hast built^H1129^(H8799) goodly^H2896 houses^H1004, and dwelt^H3427^(H8804) therein;

¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

KJVAnd when thy herds^H1241 and thy flocks^H6629 multiply^H7235^(H8799), and thy silver^H3701 and thy gold^H2091 is multiplied^H7235^(H8799), and all that thou hast is multiplied^H7235^(H8799);

¹⁴ then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

KJVThen thine heart^H3824 be lifted up^H7311^(H8804), and thou forget^H7911^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, which brought thee forth^H3318^(H8688) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, from the house^H1004 of bondage^H5650;

¹⁵ who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;

KJVWho led^H3212^(H8688) thee through that great^H1419 and terrible^H3372^(H8737) wilderness^H4057, wherein were fiery^H8314 serpents^H5175, and scorpions^H6137, and drought^H6774, where there was no water^H4325; who brought thee forth^H3318^(H8688) water^H4325 out of the rock^H6697 of flint^H2496;

¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

KJVWho fed^H398^(H8688) thee in the wilderness^H4057 with manna^H4478, which thy fathers^H1 knew^H3045^(H8804) not, that he might humble^H6031^(H8763) thee, and that he might prove^H5254^(H8763) thee, to do thee good^H3190^(H8687) at thy latter end^H319;

¹⁷ and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

KJVAnd thou say^H559^(H8804) in thine heart^H3824, My power^H3581 and the might^H6108 of mine hand^H3027 hath gotten^H6213^(H8804) me this wealth^H2428.

¹⁸ But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.

KJVBut thou shalt remember^H2142^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430: for it is he that giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee power^H3581 to get^H6213^(H8800) wealth^H2428, that he may establish^H6965^(H8687) his covenant^H1285 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1, as it is this day^H3117.

¹⁹ It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.

KJVAnd it shall be, if thou do at all^H7911^(H8800) forget^H7911^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, and walk^H1980^(H8804) after^H310 other^H312 gods^H430, and serve^H5647^(H8804) them, and worship^H7812^(H8694) them, I testify^H5749^(H8689) against you this day^H3117 that ye shall surely^H6^(H8800) perish^H6^(H8799).

²⁰ As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

KJVAs the nations^H1471 which the LORD^H3068 destroyeth^H6^(H8688) before your face^H6440, so shall ye perish^H6^(H8799); because^H6118 ye would not be obedient^H8085^(H8799) unto the voice^H6963 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430.

WEB·Deuteronomy 7

¹When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;

KJVWhen the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall bring^H935^(H8686) thee into the land^H776 whither thou goest^H935^(H8802) to possess^H3423^(H8800) it, and hath cast out^H5394^(H8804) many^H7227 nations^H1471 before^H6440 thee, the Hittites^H2850, and the Girgashites^H1622, and the Amorites^H567, and the Canaanites^H3669, and the Perizzites^H6522, and the Hivites^H2340, and the Jebusites^H2983, seven^H7651 nations^H1471 greater^H7227 and mightier^H6099 than thou;

² and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them.

KJVAnd when the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall deliver^H5414^(H8804) them before^H6440 thee; thou shalt smite^H5221^(H8689) them, and utterly^H2763^(H8687) destroy^H2763^(H8686) them; thou shalt make^H3772^(H8799) no covenant^H1285 with them, nor shew mercy^H2603^(H8799) unto them:

³ You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.

KJVNeither shalt thou make marriages^H2859^(H8691) with them; thy daughter^H1323 thou shalt not give^H5414^(H8799) unto his son^H1121, nor his daughter^H1323 shalt thou take^H3947^(H8799) unto thy son^H1121.

⁴ For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So Yahweh’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

KJVFor they will turn away^H5493^(H8686) thy son^H1121 from following^H310 me, that they may serve^H5647^(H8804) other^H312 gods^H430: so will the anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068 be kindled^H2734^(H8804) against you, and destroy^H8045^(H8689) thee suddenly^H4118.

⁵ But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.

KJVBut thus shall ye deal^H6213^(H8799) with them; ye shall destroy^H5422^(H8799) their altars^H4196, and break down^H7665^(H8762) their images^H4676, and cut down^H1438^(H8762) their groves^H842, and burn^H8313^(H8799) their graven images^H6456 with fire^H784.

⁶ For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

KJVFor thou art an holy^H6918 people^H5971 unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430: the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath chosen^H977^(H8804) thee to be a special^H5459 people^H5971 unto himself, above all people^H5971 that are upon the face^H6440 of the earth^H127.

⁷ Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;

KJVThe LORD^H3068 did not set his love^H2836^(H8804) upon you, nor choose^H977^(H8799) you, because ye were more^H7230 in number than any people^H5971; for ye were the fewest^H4592 of all people^H5971:

⁸ but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

KJVBut because the LORD^H3068 loved^H160 you, and because he would keep^H8104^(H8800) the oath^H7621 which he had sworn^H7650^(H8738) unto your fathers^H1, hath the LORD^H3068 brought you out^H3318^(H8689) with a mighty^H2389 hand^H3027, and redeemed^H6299^(H8799) you out of the house^H1004 of bondmen^H5650, from the hand^H3027 of Pharaoh^H6547 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714.

⁹ Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,

KJVKnow^H3045^(H8804) therefore that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, he is God^H430, the faithful^H539^(H8737) God^H410, which keepeth^H8104^(H8802) covenant^H1285 and mercy^H2617 with them that love^H157^(H8802) him and keep^H8104^(H8802) his commandments^H4687 to a thousand^H505 generations^H1755;

¹⁰ and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

KJVAnd repayeth^H7999^(H8764) them that hate^H8130^(H8802) him to their face^H6440, to destroy^H6^(H8687) them: he will not be slack^H309^(H8762) to him that hateth^H8130^(H8802) him, he will repay^H7999^(H8762) him to his face^H6440.

¹¹ You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them.

KJVThou shalt therefore keep^H8104^(H8804) the commandments^H4687, and the statutes^H2706, and the judgments^H4941, which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117, to do^H6213^(H8800) them.

¹² It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.

KJVWherefore it shall come to pass, if^H6118 ye hearken^H8085^(H8799) to these judgments^H4941, and keep^H8104^(H8804), and do^H6213^(H8804) them, that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall keep^H8104^(H8804) unto thee the covenant^H1285 and the mercy^H2617 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1:

¹³ He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.

KJVAnd he will love^H157^(H8804) thee, and bless^H1288^(H8765) thee, and multiply^H7235^(H8689) thee: he will also bless^H1288^(H8765) the fruit^H6529 of thy womb^H990, and the fruit^H6529 of thy land^H127, thy corn^H1715, and thy wine^H8492, and thine oil^H3323, the increase^H7698 of thy kine^H504, and the flocks^H6251 of thy sheep^H6629, in the land^H127 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1 to give^H5414^(H8800) thee.

¹⁴ You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.

KJVThou shalt be blessed^H1288^(H8803) above all people^H5971: there shall not be male^H6135 or female barren^H6135 among you, or among your cattle^H929.

¹⁵ Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 will take away^H5493^(H8689) from thee all sickness^H2483, and will put^H7760^(H8799) none of the evil^H7451 diseases^H4064 of Egypt^H4714, which thou knowest^H3045^(H8804), upon thee; but will lay^H5414^(H8804) them upon all them that hate^H8130^(H8802) thee.

¹⁶ You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.

KJVAnd thou shalt consume^H398^(H8804) all the people^H5971 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall deliver^H5414^(H8802) thee; thine eye^H5869 shall have no pity^H2347^(H8799) upon them: neither shalt thou serve^H5647^(H8799) their gods^H430; for that will be a snare^H4170 unto thee.

¹⁷ If you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”

KJVIf thou shalt say^H559^(H8799) in thine heart^H3824, These nations^H1471 are more^H7227 than I; how^H349 can^H3201^(H8799) I dispossess^H3423^(H8687) them?

¹⁸ you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:

KJVThou shalt not be afraid^H3372^(H8799) of them: but shalt well^H2142^(H8800) remember^H2142^(H8799) what the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 did^H6213^(H8804) unto Pharaoh^H6547, and unto all Egypt^H4714;

¹⁹ the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out. So shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.

KJVThe great^H1419 temptations^H4531 which thine eyes^H5869 saw^H7200^(H8804), and the signs^H226, and the wonders^H4159, and the mighty^H2389 hand^H3027, and the stretched out^H5186^(H8803) arm^H2220, whereby the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 brought thee out^H3318^(H8689): so shall the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 do^H6213^(H8799) unto all the people^H5971 of whom thou art afraid^H3373^H6440.

²⁰ Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.

KJVMoreover the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will send^H7971^(H8762) the hornet^H6880 among them, until they that are left^H7604^(H8737), and hide^H5641^(H8737) themselves from^H6440 thee, be destroyed^H6^(H8800).

²¹ You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.

KJVThou shalt not be affrighted^H6206^(H8799) at^H6440 them: for the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 is among^H7130 you, a mighty^H1419 God^H410 and terrible^H3372^(H8737).

²² Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will put out^H5394^(H8804) those^H411 nations^H1471 before^H6440 thee by little^H4592 and little^H4592: thou mayest^H3201^(H8799) not consume^H3615^(H8763) them at once^H4118, lest the beasts^H2416 of the field^H7704 increase^H7235^(H8799) upon thee.

²³ But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.

KJVBut the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall deliver^H5414^(H8804) them unto thee^H6440, and shall destroy^H1949^(H8804) them with a mighty^H1419 destruction^H4103, until they be destroyed^H8045^(H8736).

²⁴ He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.

KJVAnd he shall deliver^H5414^(H8804) their kings^H4428 into thine hand^H3027, and thou shalt destroy^H6^(H8689) their name^H8034 from under heaven^H8064: there shall no man^H376 be able to stand^H3320^(H8691) before^H6440 thee, until thou have destroyed^H8045^(H8687) them.

²⁵ You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

KJVThe graven images^H6456 of their gods^H430 shall ye burn^H8313^(H8799) with fire^H784: thou shalt not desire^H2530^(H8799) the silver^H3701 or gold^H2091 that is on them, nor take^H3947^(H8804) it unto thee, lest thou be snared^H3369^(H8735) therein: for it is an abomination^H8441 to the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430.

²⁶ You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

KJVNeither shalt thou bring^H935^(H8686) an abomination^H8441 into thine house^H1004, lest thou be a cursed thing^H2764 like it: but thou shalt utterly^H8262^(H8763) detest^H8262^(H8762) it, and thou shalt utterly^H8581^(H8763) abhor^H8581^(H8762) it; for it is a cursed thing^H2764.

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