Deuteronomy 7:16

Deuteronomy 7:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)You 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you. Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also you shall destroy all the peoples whom the Lord your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Context of Deuteronomy 7:16

14From all peoples, you will be blessed—there will not be male or female barren among you or your livestock. 15Adonai will remove all sickness from you, and He will not inflict on you any of the terrible diseases of Egypt that you knew, but will inflict them on all who hate you. “You will devour all the peoples Adonai your God gives over to you. Your eye is not to pity them. You are not to serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. 17Suppose you say in your heart, ‘These nations are more numerous than I—how can I drive them out?’ 18You are not to be afraid of them. You are to be sure to remember what Adonai your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:

Deuteronomy 7:16 word by word

וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ אֶת־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ לֹא־תָחֹ֥ס עֵֽינְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹ֤א תַעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־מוֹקֵ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לָֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt consumeאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• shall deliverנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee; thine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• shall have no pityחוּסchûs · to pityH2347
• upon them: neither shalt thou serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
• a snareמוֹקֵשׁmôqêsh môqêsh · snareH4170

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:16

• Deuteronomy 7:2and Adonai your God gives them over to you and you strike them down, then you are to utterly destroy them. You are to make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.
• Deuteronomy 13:8from among the gods of the peoples around you, near you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other.
• Deuteronomy 19:13Your eye should not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
• Deuteronomy 25:12Then you are to cut off her hand—your eye will show no pity.
• Jeremiah 21:7“Then afterward,” declares Adonai, “I will deliver King Zedekiah of Judah and his servants, as well as the people—those surviving in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine—into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their foes, yes, into the hand of those who seek their life. So he will smite them with the edge of the sword; he will not spare them, nor have pity or compassion.”
• Deuteronomy 12:30be careful not to be trapped into imitating them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.’
• Exodus 23:33They must not dwell in your land and cause you to sin against Me, for if you worship their gods, they will be a snare to you.”
• Exodus 34:12Watch yourself, and make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare among you.
• Numbers 33:55“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, whoever you allow to remain will become to you barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land in which you will be living.
• Joshua 23:13know for certain that Adonai your God will no longer drive these nations out from before you. Instead they will become a snare and a trap for you, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which Adonai your God has given you.
• Judges 2:3Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you, but they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”
• Judges 3:6and took their daughters for themselves as wives, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshipped their gods.
• Judges 8:27Gideon made it into an ephod, and put it in his town Ophrah. But all Israel prostituted themselves after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
• Psalms 106:36They worshipped their idols, which became a snare to them.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived! “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-26Verses 12-26 We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies, thoroughly to mortify the sin of our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26Before Israel could occupy the promised land, they had to remove the people already living there (compare Genesis 13:14–17; 15:18–21). The land belonged to the Lord, and only God could decide who should live there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2611-26. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day--In the covenant into which God entered with Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings so long as they continued obedient to Him as their heavenly King. He pledged His veracity that His infinite perfections would be exerted for this purpose, as well as for delivering them from every evil to which, as a people, they…Read the comment

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• Blessing
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings