Deuteronomy 8:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ “Like the nations which יהוה  is destroying before you, so you are to perish, because you did not obey the voice of יהוה  your Elohim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Like the nations which the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Just like the nations that the LORD is destroying before you, that’s exactly how you will be destroyed—all because you didn’t obey the LORD your God’s voice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Just like the nations, which the Lord destroyed upon your arrival, so shall you also perish, if you have been disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God."

Deuteronomy 8:20 Cross References

Psalm 10:16

יהוה  is Sovereign forever and ever; The gentiles shall perish from His land.

Jeremiah 7:26

“But they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did evil, more than their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:33

“And the corpses of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth, with none to frighten them away.

Ezekiel 5:5

“Thus said the Master יהוה, ‘This is Yerushalayim which I have set in the midst of the gentiles, with the other lands all around her.

Leviticus 26:27

‘And if in spite of this, you do not obey Me, but walk contrary to Me,

Leviticus 26:39

and those of you who are left rot away in their crookedness in your enemies’ lands, and also in their fathers’ crookednesses rot away with them.

Deuteronomy 4:26

“I shall call the heavens and earth to witness against you on that day, that you soon completely perish from the land which you pass over the Yardĕ

Joshua 23:8

“But cling to יהוה  your Elohim, as you have done to this day.