Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, September 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Wycliffe Bible
Deuteronomy 23:6
Thou schalt not make pees with hem, nethir thou schalt seke goodis to hem, in alle the daies of thi lijf in to with outen ende.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Never pursue their welfare or prosperity as long as you live.
Never pursue their welfare or prosperity as long as you live.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall not seek their shalom nor their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not seek their shalom nor their prosperity all your days forever.
King James Version
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Lexham English Bible
You shall not promote their welfare or their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not promote their welfare or their prosperity all your days forever.
English Standard Version
You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
New Century Version
Don't wish for their peace or success as long as you live.
Don't wish for their peace or success as long as you live.
New English Translation
You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.
You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.
Amplified Bible
"You shall never seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days.
"You shall never seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
"You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not seeke their peace nor their prosperitie all thy dayes for euer.
Thou shalt not seeke their peace nor their prosperitie all thy dayes for euer.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
Contemporary English Version
Don't even think of signing a peace treaty with Moab or Ammon.
Don't even think of signing a peace treaty with Moab or Ammon.
Complete Jewish Bible
But Adonai your God would not listen to Bil‘am; rather, Adonai your God turned the curse into a blessing for you; because Adonai your God loved you.
But Adonai your God would not listen to Bil‘am; rather, Adonai your God turned the curse into a blessing for you; because Adonai your God loved you.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must never try to make peace with the Ammonites or Moabites. As long as you live, don't be friendly to them.
You must never try to make peace with the Ammonites or Moabites. As long as you live, don't be friendly to them.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all the days of your life for ever.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all the days of your life for ever.
Good News Translation
As long as you are a nation, never do anything to help these nations or to make them prosperous.
As long as you are a nation, never do anything to help these nations or to make them prosperous.
Literal Translation
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days, perpetually.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days, perpetually.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt wysh him nether prosperite ner health all thy life longe for euer.
Thou shalt wysh him nether prosperite ner health all thy life longe for euer.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Bible in Basic English
Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.
Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not seeke their peace nor wealth all thy dayes, for euer.
Thou shalt not seeke their peace nor wealth all thy dayes, for euer.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy dayes for euer.
Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy dayes for euer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days for ever.
Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days for ever.
English Revised Version
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Berean Standard Bible
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
Young's Literal Translation
thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age.
thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age.
Update Bible Version
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
World English Bible
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
New King James Version
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
New Living Translation
As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
New Life Bible
Do nothing for their peace or their well-being all your days.
Do nothing for their peace or their well-being all your days.
New Revised Standard
You shall never promote their welfare or their prosperity as long as you live.
You shall never promote their welfare or their prosperity as long as you live.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their welfare, - all thy days, unto times age-abiding.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their welfare, - all thy days, unto times age-abiding.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.
Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.
Revised Standard Version
You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days for ever.
You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days for ever.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
"You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
Contextual Overview
1 A geldyng whanne hise stoonys ben brokun, ethir kit awey, and his yerde is kit awei, schal not entre in to the chirche of the Lord. 2 A child borun of hordom schal not entre in to the chirche of the Lord, `til to the tenthe generacioun. 3 Ammonytis and Moabitis, yhe aftir the tenthe generacioun, schulen not entre into the `chirche of the Lord with outen ende; 4 for thei nolden come to you with breed and watir in the weie, whanne ye yeden out of Egipt; and for thei hireden ayens thee Balaam, the sone of Beor, fro Mesopotanye of Sirye, that he schulde curse thee; 5 and thi Lord God nolde here Balaam, and God turnede `the cursyng of Balaam in to thi blessyng, for he louyde thee. 6 Thou schalt not make pees with hem, nethir thou schalt seke goodis to hem, in alle the daies of thi lijf in to with outen ende. 7 Thou schalt not `haue abhomynacioun of a man of Ydumye, for he is thi brothir, nethir of a man of Egipt, for thou were a comelyng in the lond of hym. 8 Thei that ben borun of hem, schulen entre in the thridde generacioun in to the `chirche of the Lord.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Thou shalt: 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 12:31, Ezra 9:12, Nehemiah 13:23-25
prosperity: Heb. good
Reciprocal: Matthew 5:43 - and hate
Cross-References
Genesis 13:2
Forsothe he was ful riche in possessyoun of siluer and of gold.
Forsothe he was ful riche in possessyoun of siluer and of gold.
Genesis 14:14
And whanne Abram hadde herd this thing, that is, Loth his brothir takun, he noumbride his borun seruauntis maad redy thre hundrid and eiytene, and pursuede hem `til to Dan.
And whanne Abram hadde herd this thing, that is, Loth his brothir takun, he noumbride his borun seruauntis maad redy thre hundrid and eiytene, and pursuede hem `til to Dan.
Genesis 18:12
And she leiyede, seiynge pryueli, after that Y wexede eld, and my lord is eld, schal Y yyue diligence to lust?
And she leiyede, seiynge pryueli, after that Y wexede eld, and my lord is eld, schal Y yyue diligence to lust?
Genesis 21:22
In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist;
In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist;
Genesis 23:1
Forsothe Sare lyuede an hundrid and seuene and twenti yeer,
Forsothe Sare lyuede an hundrid and seuene and twenti yeer,
Genesis 23:2
and diede in the citee of Arbee, which is Ebron, in the lond of Chanaan; and Abraham cam to biweyle and biwepe hir.
and diede in the citee of Arbee, which is Ebron, in the lond of Chanaan; and Abraham cam to biweyle and biwepe hir.
Genesis 23:4
Y am a comelyng and a pilgrym anentis you; yyue ye to me riyt of sepulcre with you, that Y birie my deed body.
Y am a comelyng and a pilgrym anentis you; yyue ye to me riyt of sepulcre with you, that Y birie my deed body.
Genesis 23:5
And the sones of Heth answeriden, and seiden, Lord, here thou vs;
And the sones of Heth answeriden, and seiden, Lord, here thou vs;
Genesis 24:18
Which answerde, Drynke thou, my lord. And anoon sche dide doun the watir pot on hir schuldre, and yaf drynk to hym.
Which answerde, Drynke thou, my lord. And anoon sche dide doun the watir pot on hir schuldre, and yaf drynk to hym.
Genesis 24:35
and the Lord hath blessid my lord greetli, and he is maad greet; and God yaf to hym scheep, and oxun, siluer, and gold, seruauntis, and handmaides, camels, and assis.
and the Lord hath blessid my lord greetli, and he is maad greet; and God yaf to hym scheep, and oxun, siluer, and gold, seruauntis, and handmaides, camels, and assis.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Not that they were to retain malice towards them, or indulge a spirit of revenge, or not do them any good offices in a private way, which is contrary to the law of love; nor does this contradict any offices of kindness and friendship that might be performed in a personal way: so we find that David had a kindness for Hanun the Ammonite, and showed it, though ill rewarded for it, yet is not blamed for doing it; 2 Samuel 10:2 for these words respect not persons in a private capacity, but the people of Israel as a body politic, who, as such, were not to carry on trade and commerce with those people, nor intermarry with them, nor make leagues and enter into alliances with them; the reason of which was, because being very near neighbours to them, had there not been such a law, as a wall of partition between them, they might have become very familiar, and so have learnt their evil ways and customs, which this was designed to prevent: the Jews restrain o this to overtures and proclamations of peace, which they were not to make with these nations, as they were directed to do when they went out to war with others, Deuteronomy 20:10.
o Hilchot Melachim, c. 6. sect. 6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
i. e. “thou shalt not invite them robe on terms of amity with thee (compare Deuteronomy 20:10 ff), nor make their welfare thy care”: compare Ezra 9:12. There is no injunction to hatred or retaliation (compare Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19); but later history contains frequent record of hostility between Israel and these nations.
