Deuteronomy 23:2 — Compare Translations

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A person begotten out of wedlock shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall his descendants not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

A person begotten out of wedlock shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall his descendants not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the Lord, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the LORD’s assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the LORD’s assembly.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

A bastard shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even his tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.

English EASY 2024

If someone was born when his parents were not properly married, he cannot join with the Lord 's people. His descendants may not meet with the Lord 's people to worship the Lord either. That will continue to the tenth generation of the man's descendants.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

If a man's parents were not legally married, that man may not join with the men of Israel to worship the Lord. And none of his descendants to the tenth generation—may join in that group.

"No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

“No one born out of wedlock or any descendant of such a person, even in the tenth generation, may be included among the Lord 's people.

English God's Word - GW 1995

A man born from an illicit union may not join the assembly of the Lord. No descendant of his may join the assembly of the Lord for ten generations.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the LORD's assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the LORD's assembly.

English KJV 1611

A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

English LSB

No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of his seed shall enter the assembly of Yahweh.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to his tenth generation no one related to him may enter the assembly of the Lord.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

"No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may be admitted into the community of the LORD.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

No one who was born to a woman who wasn't married can join in worship with the Lord's people. That also applies to the person's children for all time to come.

English NIV

No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation.

English NKJ 1982

“One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

English NLT

"Those of illegitimate birth and their descendants for ten generations may not be included in the assembly of the LORD.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Those born of an illicit union shall not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

“No bastard shall enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A bastard may not enter the sanctuary, nor any of his descendants for ten generations.

English Tyndale 1537

And he that is born of a common woman shall not come in the congregation of the LORD, no in the tenth generation he shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.