Deuteronomy 23:6 - Tree of Life Version But Adonai your God refused to listen to Balaam, and Adonai your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because He loves you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Common English Bible So don’t be concerned with their health and well-being as long as you live. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not make peace with them, nor shall you seek their prosperity, throughout all the days of your life forever. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not make peace with them: neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever. |
Then he brought out the people who were there and put them to work under saws, iron threshing boards and iron axes, and assigned them to brick making; and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.
Perhaps Adonai will look on my affliction and return good to me for his cursing this day.”
He also defeated Moab. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them with a cord. Every two measures of them were put to death, and the third measure was kept alive. So the Moabites became vassals to David, bringing tribute.
Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their shalom or their welfare, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land and leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’
the king exclaimed, “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built as the royal residence by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”
O My people, remember, please: What did Balak, king of Moab, propose? What did Balaam son of Beor answer him? From Shittim as far as Gilgal, so that you might acknowledge the righteous acts of Adonai.”
Then Balak became furious at Balaam, and struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but look, you have blessed them these three times!
Rather, because of His love for you and His keeping the oath He swore to your fathers, Adonai brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.