Deuteronomy 13:8
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New International Version (©2011)
do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But do not give in or listen. Have no pity, and do not spare or protect them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
You must not yield to him, listen to him, look with pity on him, show compassion to him, or even cover up for him.

NET Bible (©2006)
You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Don't be influenced by any of these people or listen to them. Have no pity on them. Don't feel sorry for them or protect them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
You shall not yield unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:

American King James Version
You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:

American Standard Version
thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,

Darby Bible Translation
thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,

English Revised Version
thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not consent to him, nor hearken to him; neither shall thy eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

World English Bible
you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:

Young's Literal Translation
thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:6-11 It is the policy of Satan to try to lead us to evil by those whom we love, whom we least suspect of any ill design, and whom we are desirous to please, and apt to conform to. The enticement here is supposed to come from a brother or child, who are near by nature; from a wife or friend, who are near by choice, and are to us as our souls. But it is our duty to prefer God and religion, before the nearest and dearest friends we have in the world. We must not, to please our friends, break God's law. Thou shalt not consent to him, nor go with him, not for company, or curiosity, not to gain his affections. It is a general rule, If sinners entice thee, consent thou not, Pr 1:10. And we must not hinder the course of God's justice.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. - Pity, spare, conceal. The accumulation of terms serves to make the injunction more solemn and impressive.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou shall not consent unto him,.... To commit the idolatry enticed unto, or join with him in it:

nor hearken to him; not so much as patiently to hear him, but at once express an abhorrence of and indignation at what he recommends:

neither shall thine eye pity him; pitied he might be for his ignorance, stupidity, and wickedness, and on account of the miserable estate and condition he was in, and of those dreadful consequences which would follow upon it, if not converted from it; but no mercy was to be shown him on account of nearness of relation:

neither shall thou spare; to reprove him sharply and to expose him to public vengeance:

neither shall thou conceal him; neither him nor his sin, but make both public, acquaint others with it, and endeavour to bring him before the civil magistrate to be examined, tried, and judged; so far should they be from hiding his offence from others, or excusing and extenuating it, or from harbouring his person privately when sought for upon information.

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Idolaters to Be Put to Death
…7Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; 8You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him: 9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. …

Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.
Deuteronomy 13:7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other),
Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.