Deuteronomy 7:3

New American Standard Bible (1995)

"Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take to your son.

King James Version
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Lexham English Bible
And you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to their son; and you shall not take his daughter for your son.

English Standard Version
You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,

New Century Version
Do not marry any of them, or let your daughters marry their sons, or let your sons marry their daughters.

New English Translation
You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Amplified Bible
"You shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son;

New American Standard Bible
"Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them: you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

Legacy Standard Bible
Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Contemporary English Version
and don't let your sons and daughters marry any of them.

Complete Jewish Bible
Don't intermarry with them — don't give your daughter to his son, and don't take his daughter for your son.

Darby Translation
And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;

Easy-to-Read Version
Don't marry any of them, and don't let your sons or daughters marry any of the people from those other nations.

George Lamsa Translation
Neither shall you make marriages with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons,

Good News Translation
Do not marry any of them, and do not let your children marry any of them,

Christian Standard Bible®
You must not intermarry with them, and you must not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Literal Translation
nor shall you intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter to your son.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shall not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes, ner take their doughters vnto youre sonnes.

American Standard Version
neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Bible in Basic English
Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt make no mariages with them: neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
neither shalt thou make marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

King James Version (1611)
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not giue vnto his sonne, nor his daughter shalt thou take vnto thy sonne.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
neither shall ye contract marriages with them: thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, and thou shalt not take his daughter to thy son.

English Revised Version
neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
nether thou schalt felowschipe mariagis with him; thou schalt not yyue thi douyter to the sone `of hym, nether thou schalt take his douytir to thi sone;

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son,

Update Bible Version
neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take to your son.

Webster's Bible Translation
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take to thy son.

World English Bible
neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take to your son.

New King James Version
Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

New Living Translation
You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,

New Life Bible
Do not take any of them in marriage. Do not give your daughters to their sons. And do not take their daughters for your sons.

New Revised Standard
Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
neither shalt thou intermarry with them, - thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them. Thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, nor take his daughter for thy son:

Revised Standard Version
You shall not make marriages with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.

THE MESSAGE
Don't marry them: Don't give your daughters to their sons and don't take their daughters for your sons—before you know it they'd involve you in worshiping their gods, and God would explode in anger, putting a quick end to you.

Contextual Overview

¹ "When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you, ² and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. ³ "Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.⁴ "For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you and He will quickly destroy you. ⁵ "But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. ⁶ "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. ⁷ "The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, ⁸ but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹ "Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments; ¹⁰ but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:3, Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Joshua 23:12, Joshua 23:13, Judges 3:6, Judges 3:7, 1 Kings 11:2, Ezra 9:1, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 13:23-27, 2 Corinthians 6:14-17

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:3 - that Genesis 34:9 - General Exodus 22:17 - utterly Joshua 6:21 - utterly Joshua 9:7 - how shall Joshua 23:7 - That ye come Judges 14:3 - uncircumcised Judges 21:1 - his daughter Ruth 1:4 - wives 1 Kings 16:31 - took to wife 2 Kings 8:18 - his wife 2 Chronicles 22:3 - his mother Ezra 9:12 - give not Ezra 10:3 - at the commandment Ezra 10:11 - and from the Nehemiah 10:30 - General Nehemiah 13:25 - Ye shall not Jeremiah 44:19 - without Malachi 2:11 - profaned 1 Corinthians 7:39 - only

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them,.... Unless they became proselytes, as Rahab, who was married by Salmon, and so those of other nations, as Ruth the Moabitess, and so any captive taken in war; otherwise it was not lawful, bad consequences have followed upon it, which it is the design of this law to prevent; that is, being snared and drawn aside into idolatry, which was the case of Solomon:

thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son; for, according to the Targum of Jonathan, whosoever marries with them, it is as if he married with their idols: and this law, according to the Jewish writers c, is binding with respect to other nations besides the seven; and whosoever marries any Heathen, of whatsoever nation, is to be beaten.

c Maimon. Hilchot lssure Biah, c. 12. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Deuteronomy 6:10 note.

Deuteronomy 7:5

Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 and Exodus 34:13 note.

Deuteronomy 7:7

The fewest of all people - God chose for Himself Israel, when as yet but a single family, or rather a single person, Abraham; though there were already numerous nations and powerful kingdoms in the earth. Increase Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22 had taken place because of the very blessing of God spoken of in Deuteronomy 7:8.

Deuteronomy 7:10

Repayeth them that hate him to their face - i. e., punishes His enemies in their own proper persons.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 7:3. Neither shalt thou make marriages, &c. — The heart being naturally inclined to evil, there is more likelihood that the idolatrous wife should draw aside the believing husband, than that the believing husband should be able to bring over his idolatrous wife to the true faith.