The Meaning of Deuteronomy 23:6 Explained

Deuteronomy 23:6

KJV: Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

YLT: thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age.

Darby: Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

ASV: Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt not seek  their peace  nor their prosperity  all thy days  for ever. 

What does Deuteronomy 23:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 23

1  Who may or may not enter into the congregation
9  Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host
15  Of the fugitive servant
17  Of filthiness
18  Of abominable sacrifices
19  Of usury
20  Of vows
24  Of trespass

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 23:6 mean?

Not You shall seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever -
לֹא־ תִדְרֹ֥שׁ שְׁלֹמָ֖ם וְטֹבָתָ֑ם כָּל־ יָמֶ֖יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם ס

תִדְרֹ֥שׁ  You  shall  seek 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דַּרְיׄושׁ 
Sense: to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require.
שְׁלֹמָ֖ם  their  peace 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁלֹום  
Sense: completeness, soundness, welfare, peace.
וְטֹבָתָ֑ם  nor  their  prosperity 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
יָמֶ֖יךָ  your  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
לְעוֹלָֽם  forever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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