Deuteronomy 8:20 - Tree of Life Version Like the nations Adonai makes perish before you, so you will perish, since you would not listen to the voice of Adonai your God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the nations, which the Lord destroyed at thy entrance, so shall you also perish, if you be disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God. |
they did not listen to Me or pay attention. Rather, they stiffened their neck, doing more evil than their fathers.
The carcasses of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth, and no one will frighten them away.
Thus says Adonai Elohim: “This is Jerusalem! I have set her in the midst of the nations, with countries all around her.
“Yet if in spite of this you will not listen to Me but walk contrary to Me,
Those of you who are left in the land of your enemies will rot away because of their iniquity, and because of the iniquities of their fathers they will rot away with them.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that you will certainly be carried off quickly from the land you are crossing over the Jordan to possess. You will not prolong your days on it, for you will certainly be destroyed.