Exodus 23:32
What does Exodus 23:32 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 23:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Make no agreement with them or with their gods.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with theirgods.
Context
v.31And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
v.32This passage
v.33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 106:35
But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,
- 2 Corinthians 6:15
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?
- Deuteronomy 7:2
and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;
- Joshua 9:14
And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.
- Exodus 34:12
Take 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:
- 2 Samuel 21:1
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
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