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Amplified
for they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled and burn against you and He will quickly destroy you.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Holman Bible
because 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.
International Standard Version
because they will turn your children from me to serve other gods so that the LORD's anger blazes against you and swiftly destroys you by fire.
A Conservative Version
For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods, so the anger of LORD will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
American Standard Version
For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
Bible in Basic English
For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.
Darby Translation
for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
Julia Smith Translation
For he will turn away thy son from after me and they served other gods: and the anger of Jehovah kindled against you and he destroyed thee suddenly.
King James 2000
For they will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For their sons and daughters will cause your son to turn away {from following me}, and [so] they will serve other gods, and {the anger of Yahweh would be kindled} against you, and he would quickly destroy you.
Modern King James verseion
For they will turn away your son from following Me, so that they may serve other gods. So the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you and will destroy you suddenly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they will make your sons depart from me and serve strange gods, and then will the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you and destroy you shortly.
NET Bible
for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.
New Heart English Bible
For he will turn away your son from following me, to serve other gods; so the anger of the LORD would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
The Emphasized Bible
for he will turn aside thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, - so shall the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and he will destroy thee, speedily.
Webster
For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
World English Bible
For he will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the anger of Yahweh would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
Youngs Literal Translation
for he doth turn aside thy son from after Me, and they have served other gods, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and hath destroyed thee hastily.
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Provoke the anger of God
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Punishment of
Idolatry » Consists in » Serving other gods
Marriage » Wives among the israelites must be israelites
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Marriage » The jews » Forbidden to contract with idolaters
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 7:4
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Detailed Stipulations
3 You shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son; 4 for they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled and burn against you and He will quickly destroy you. 5 But this is how you shall deal with them: you shall tear down their altars and smash to pieces their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherim (symbols of the goddess Asherah), and burn their carved or sculpted images in the fire.
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Deuteronomy 6:15
for the Lord your God who is among you is a
Exodus 20:5
You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God [
Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 32:16-17
“They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods [by denying Him the honor and loyalty that is rightfully and uniquely His];
And with repulsive acts they provoked Him to anger.
Judges 2:11
Then the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped and served the Baals,
Judges 2:20
So the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this
Judges 3:7-8
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the
Judges 10:6-7
Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; they served the Baals, the Ashtaroth (female deities), the gods of Aram (Syria), the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not serve Him.