Exodus 34:12
What does Exodus 34:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 34:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take 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:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take 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:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862take 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;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Take 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;
Context
v.11Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
v.12This passage
v.13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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;
- Judges 2:2
and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this?
- Joshua 23:12
Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;
- Psalms 106:36
And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.
- Exodus 23:32
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
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