Deuteronomy 7
- 1When the Lord your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you.
- 2And when the Lord your God shall deliver them before you. You shall strike them, and completely destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, or show mercy to them:
- 3Neither shall you make marriages with them. Your daughter you shall not give to his son, or his daughter shall you take to your son.
- 4For they will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord burn against you, and destroy you suddenly.
- 5But this is how you shall deal with them. You shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved idols with fire.
- 6For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: the Lord your God has chosen you to be a special people to himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth.
- 7The Lord did not set his love on you, or choose you, because you were more in number than any people. For you were the fewest of all people:
- 8But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, has the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- 9Know therefore that the Lord your God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.
- 10And repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.
- 11You shall therefore keep the commandments, and the laws, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them.
- 12Therefore if you listen to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord your God shall keep to you the covenant and the mercy which he swore to your fathers:
- 13And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
- 14You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
- 15And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you. But will lay them on all those who hate you.
- 16And you shall consume all the people which the Lord your God shall deliver you. Your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods. For that will be a snare to you.
- 17If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I. How can I dispossess them?
- 18You shall not be afraid of them: but shall well remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt.
- 19The great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out: so shall the Lord your God do to all the people you are afraid of.
- 20Also the Lord your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves from you, be destroyed.
- 21You shall not be frightened at them. For the Lord your God is among you, a mighty and awesome God.
- 22And the Lord your God will put out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, so that not the beasts of the field increase on you.
- 23But the Lord your God shall deliver them to you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.
- 24And he shall deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.
- 25The carved idols of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, or take it to you, or else you will be trapped by it. For it is something the Lord your God hates.
- 26Neither shall you bring a disgusting thing into your house, or else you will be a cursed thing like it: but you shall completely detest it, and you shall completely hate it. For it is a cursed thing.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 7 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVWhen the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
GIGAKJVWhen the Lord your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you.
KJVAnd when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
GIGAKJVAnd when the Lord your God shall deliver them before you. You shall strike them, and completely destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, or show mercy to them:
KJVNeither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
GIGAKJVNeither shall you make marriages with them. Your daughter you shall not give to his son, or his daughter shall you take to your son.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor they will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord burn against you, and destroy you suddenly.
KJVBut thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
GIGAKJVBut this is how you shall deal with them. You shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved idols with fire.
KJVFor thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
GIGAKJVFor you are a holy people to the Lord your God: the Lord your God has chosen you to be a special people to himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth.
KJVThe Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
GIGAKJVThe Lord did not set his love on you, or choose you, because you were more in number than any people. For you were the fewest of all people:
KJVBut because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
GIGAKJVBut because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, has the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
KJVKnow therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
GIGAKJVKnow therefore that the Lord your God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.
KJVAnd repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
GIGAKJVAnd repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.
KJVThou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
GIGAKJVYou shall therefore keep the commandments, and the laws, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them.
KJVWherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
GIGAKJVTherefore if you listen to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord your God shall keep to you the covenant and the mercy which he swore to your fathers:
KJVAnd he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
GIGAKJVAnd he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
KJVThou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
GIGAKJVYou shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
KJVAnd the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you. But will lay them on all those who hate you.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall consume all the people which the Lord your God shall deliver you. Your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods. For that will be a snare to you.
KJVIf thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
GIGAKJVIf you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I. How can I dispossess them?
KJVThou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
GIGAKJVYou shall not be afraid of them: but shall well remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt.
KJVThe great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
GIGAKJVThe great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out: so shall the Lord your God do to all the people you are afraid of.
KJVMoreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
GIGAKJVAlso the Lord your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves from you, be destroyed.
KJVThou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
GIGAKJVYou shall not be frightened at them. For the Lord your God is among you, a mighty and awesome God.
KJVAnd the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord your God will put out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, so that not the beasts of the field increase on you.
KJVBut the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
GIGAKJVBut the Lord your God shall deliver them to you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.
KJVAnd he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
GIGAKJVAnd he shall deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.
KJVThe graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
GIGAKJVThe carved idols of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, or take it to you, or else you will be trapped by it. For it is something the Lord your God hates.
KJVNeither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
GIGAKJVNeither shall you bring a disgusting thing into your house, or else you will be a cursed thing like it: but you shall completely detest it, and you shall completely hate it. For it is a cursed thing.
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