| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations--the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you-- | 1When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and He drives out many nations before you--the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you-- |
| 2and 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. | 2and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. |
| 3Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, | 3Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, |
| 4for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. | 4because they will turn your sons away from Me to worship other gods. Then the LORD's anger will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. |
| 5This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire. | 5Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn up their carved images. |
| 6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. | 6For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be His own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth." |
| 7The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. | 7The LORD was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. |
| 8But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. | 8But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. |
| 9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. | 9Know that Yahweh your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commands. |
| 10But those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction; he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him. | 10But He directly pays back and destroys those who hate Him. He will not hesitate to directly pay back the one who hates Him. |
| 11Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today. | 11So keep the command--the statutes and ordinances--that I am giving you to follow today." |
| 12If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors. | 12If you listen to and are careful to keep these ordinances, the LORD your God will keep His covenant loyalty with you, as He swore to your fathers. |
| 13He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land--your grain, new wine and olive oil--the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. | 13He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your descendants, and the produce of your land--your grain, new wine, and oil--the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you. |
| 14You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. | 14You will be blessed above all peoples; there will be no infertile male or female among you or your livestock. |
| 15The LORD will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. | 15The LORD will remove all sickness from you; He will not put on you all the terrible diseases of Egypt that you know about, but He will inflict them on all who hate you. |
| 16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you. | 16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you." |
| 17You may say to yourselves, "These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?" | 17If you say to yourself, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I drive them out?' |
| 18But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. | 18do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt: |
| 19You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. | 19the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, the strong hand and outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear. |
| 20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. | 20The LORD your God will also send the hornet against them until all the survivors and those hiding from you perish. |
| 21Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. | 21Don't be terrified of them, for the LORD your God, a great and awesome God, is among you. |
| 22The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. | 22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will become too numerous for you. |
| 23But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed. | 23The LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed. |
| 24He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them. | 24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. |
| 25The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the LORD your God. | 25You must burn up the carved images of their gods. Don't covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is abhorrent to the LORD your God. |
| 26Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction. | 26You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction." |
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