Deuteronomy 23:7
What does Deuteronomy 23:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 23:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Thou dost not abominate an Edomite, for thy brother he <FI>is<Fi> ; thou dost not abominate an Egyptian, for a sojourner thou hast been in his land;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Malachi 1:2
I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
- Genesis 47:6
the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
- Genesis 25:30
and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
- Deuteronomy 10:19
Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- Obadiah 1:10
For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
- Numbers 20:14
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
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