Deuteronomy 7:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “And you shall consume all the peoples whom יהוה  your Elohim is delivering over to you – your eye shall not pardon them. And do not serve their mighty ones, for that is a snare to you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And you shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ You will destroy all the peoples that the LORD your God is handing over to you. Show them no pity. And don’t serve their gods because that would be a trap for you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You shall devour all the peoples, which the Lord your God will deliver to you. Your eye shall not spare them, neither shall you serve their gods, lest they be your ruin.

Deuteronomy 7:16 Cross References

Psalm 106:34

They did not destroy the peoples, As יהוה  had commanded them,

Psalm 106:36

And served their idols, And they became a snare to them.

Exodus 23:33

“Let them not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me when you serve their mighty ones, when it becomes a snare to you.”

Jeremiah 21:7

“And afterward,” declares יהוה, “I give Tsiḏ

Numbers 33:55

‘And if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be led astray, “Evil company corrupts good habits.”

Deuteronomy 13:8

do not agree with him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pardon him, nor spare him or conceal him,

Deuteronomy 13:9

but you shall certainly kill him. Your hand is first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people,

Deuteronomy 19:13

“Your eye shall not pardon him, but you shall purge the blood of innocent blood from Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 19:21

“And let your eye not pardon, life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deuteronomy 25:12

then you shall cut off her hand – your eye does not pardon.

Deuteronomy 7:2

“And when יהוה  your Elohim gives them over to you, you shall smite them and put them under the ban, completely. Make no covenant with them, and show them no favour.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“The carved images of their mighty ones you are to burn with fire. Do not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to יהוה  your Elohim.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of יהוה  to harden their hearts, that they should come against Yisra’ĕ

Judges 2:12

and forsook יהוה  Elohim of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, and went after other mighty ones, of the mighty ones of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them, and provoked יהוה.

Judges 2:3

“Therefore I also said, ‘I am not driving them out before you, and they shall be adversaries to you, and their mighty ones shall be a snare to you.’ ”

Judges 3:6

and took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and they served their mighty ones.

Judges 8:27

And Giḏ