Deuteronomy 23:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.

New Living Translation
“When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.

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

Berean Study Bible
When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

New American Standard Bible
“When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall be on guard against every evil thing.

NASB 1995
"When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

NASB 1977
“When you go out as an army against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

Amplified Bible
“When you go out as an army [to fight] against your enemies, you shall keep yourselves from every evil [thing].

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

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

Contemporary English Version
When you men go off to fight your enemies, make sure your camp is acceptable to the LORD.

Good News Translation
"When you are in camp in time of war, you are to avoid anything that would make you ritually unclean.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When you're at war and have set up camp to fight your enemies, stay away from anything that will make you unclean.

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

NET Bible
When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

New King James Version
“When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.

King James 2000 Bible
When the army goes forth against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.

New Heart English Bible
When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.

World English Bible
When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.

American King James Version
When the host goes forth against your enemies, then keep you from every wicked thing.

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

A Faithful Version
When the army goes forth against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
When the host goeth forth against thy enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
When thou goest out with the host against thine enemies, keepe thee then from all wickednesse.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When thou goest out with the hoast against thyne enemies, kepe thee from all wickednesse.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Wha thou goest out to fighte agaynst thine enemies, kepe the from all wickednesse.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
When thou goest out with the host agenst thine enemies, kepe the fro all wekednesse for the Lorde is amonge you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
When a camp goes out against your enemies, then you have kept from every evil thing.

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

Smith's Literal Translation
When the camp shall go forth against thine enemies, and watch thyself from every evil word.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
When you have gone out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from everything that is evil.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And when you go out into the camp against your enemies, beware of anything evil.

Lamsa Bible
When you go forth into the camp against your enemies, you shall beware of every wicked thing.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if thou shouldest go forth to engage with thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every wicked thing.
















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