Deuteronomy 8:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 8:20 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“as the nations whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence, so ye perish; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 8:20 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:27But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Leviticus 26:39Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
- Joshua 23:8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Jeremiah 7:26Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
- Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
- Daniel 9:11All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
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