Deuteronomy 23:9 When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.

◄ Deuteronomy 23:9 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.

English Standard Version
“When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

New American Standard Bible
"When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

King James Bible
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.

International Standard Version
"When you are encamped for battle against your enemies, be on guard against every form of impropriety.

American Standard Version
When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing.

Darby Bible Translation
When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then keep thee from every evil thing.

Young's Literal Translation
'When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

23:9-14 The camp of the Lord must have nothing offensive in it. If there must be this care taken to preserve the body clean, much more should we be careful to keep the mind pure.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9-14. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing—from the excesses incident to camp life, as well as from habits of personal neglect and impurity.