Deuteronomy 20:18

“That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Deuteronomy 20:18

That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they haue done vnto their gods, so should ye sinne against the Lord your God.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

so that they may not teach you to do according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would sin against the LORD your God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.
- American Standard Version (1901)

So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.
- Basic English Bible

so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, so that ye sin against Jehovah your God.
- Darby Bible

Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
- English Revised Version

that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Deuteronomy 20:18

Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 20:18


20:16 Nothing - No man. For the beasts, some few excepted, were given them for a prey.

20:19 Thou shalt not destroy - Which is to be understood of a general destruction of them, not of the cutting down some few of them, as the conveniency of the siege might require. Man's life - The sustenance or support of his life.


View more Deuteronomy 20:18 meaning, interpretation, and commentary...

Deuteronomy 20:18 meaning