Parallel Verses
Amplified
But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Holman Bible
Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.
International Standard Version
Rather, you are to tear down their altars, you are to smash their sacred pillars, and you are to cut down their sacred poles
A Conservative Version
But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim,
American Standard Version
but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;
Bible in Basic English
But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:
Darby Translation
but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.
Julia Smith Translation
For their altars thou shalt lay waste, and their pillars thou shalt break, and their images thou shalt cut of
King James 2000
But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their idol poles:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Rather, you will tear down their altars, and you will break their stone pillars, and you will cut off their Asherah poles.
Modern King James verseion
But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their sacred poles.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But overthrow their altars and break their pillars, and cut down their groves,
NET Bible
Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.
New Heart English Bible
but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
The Emphasized Bible
For their altars, shall ye smash, And their pillars, shall ye shiver, - And their sacred-stems, shall ye fell.
Webster
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves.
World English Bible
but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
Youngs Literal Translation
for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;
Themes
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Altars » For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed
Awakenings and religious reforms » Iconoclasm accompanying reforms » Idols to be destroyed
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Groves » Of canaanites, to be destroyed
Iconoclasm » Idols to be destroyed
Idolatry » What should be done to idols
Idolatry » Everything connected with, should be destroyed
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » In groves
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 34:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Covenant Stipulations
12
Watch yourself so that you do not make a covenant (solemn agreement, treaty) with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a [dangerous] trap among you.
13 But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 23:24
You shall not bow down to worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do [anything] in accordance with their practices. You shall completely overthrow them and break down their [sacred] pillars and images [of pagan worship].
2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places [of pagan worship], broke down the images (memorial stones) and cut down the Asherim. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the Israelites had burned incense to it; and it was called
Judges 6:25
Now on that same night the Lord said to Gideon, “Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down
Deuteronomy 7:5
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.
Judges 2:2
and as for you, you shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not
2 Kings 23:14
He broke in pieces the sacred pillars (cultic memorial stones, images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with human bones [to desecrate the places forever].
2 Chronicles 31:1
Now when all of this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and smashed the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones) in pieces, cut down the Asherim (wooden symbols of a female deity), and tore down the high places and the altars [of idolatry] throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons (descendants) of Israel returned to their own cities, each to his own property.
2 Chronicles 34:3-4
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young (sixteen), he began to seek after and inquire of the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and cast images.
Deuteronomy 7:25-26
You shall burn the carved and sculpted images of their gods in the fire. You shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, so that you will not be ensnared by it [in a deadly trap], for it is an abomination (repulsive) to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 12:2-3
You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green [leafy] tree.
Deuteronomy 16:21
“You shall not plant for yourself an