Exodus 34:12

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

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10 And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.

11 Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

12 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

13 Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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Exodus 34:12 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
KJV King James Version: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
WEB World English Bible: Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;
ASV American Standard Version: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
YLT Young's Literal Translation: take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;
DBY Darby Translation: Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come, lest it be a snare in the midst of thee;
WBS Webster Bible: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: