Be careful. Do not make a peace treaty with those who live in the land where you are going. They will be a trap to you.

你要谨慎，不可与你所去那地的居民立约，恐怕成为你们中间的网罗；

你要谨慎，不可与你所要去那地的居民立约，免得他们成为你中间的圈套。

你要谨慎，不可与你所要去那地的居民立约，免得他们成为你中间的圈套。

你要谨慎，到了目的地后，不可与当地的居民立约，免得因此而陷入网罗。

你要小心，不可与你所去的那地的居民立约，恐怕这事在你中间成为陷阱。

你要謹慎，不可與你所去那地的居民立約，恐怕成為你們中間的網羅；

你要謹慎，不可與你所要去那地的居民立約，免得他們成為你中間的圈套。

你要謹慎，不可與你所要去那地的居民立約，免得他們成為你中間的圈套。

你要謹慎，到了目的地後，不可與當地的居民立約，免得因此而陷入網羅。

你要小心，不可與你所去的那地的居民立約，恐怕這事在你中間成為陷阱。

你要小心、不可和你所去到的那地的居民立約，恐怕那會餌誘你入於網羅。

爾其慎之、所往之地、勿與其居民立約、恐為爾之坎阱、

爾所往之地、勿與其民立約、恐陷爾於坎阱。

爾所往之地、慎毋與其居民立約、恐其居於爾中、陷爾於罪網、

Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you.

Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.

“ Be very careful never to make a treaty with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you do, you will follow their evil ways and be trapped.

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

Be careful that you do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst.

Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;

Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.Do not let them live in your land. If you do, they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, that will certainly be a trap for you.”

The Lord your God will hand them over to you. You will win the battle over them. You must completely destroy them. Don’t make a peace treaty with them. Don’t show them any mercy.

“ But suppose you turn away from him. You mix with the people who are left alive in the nations that remain among you. Later, you and they get married to each other. And you do other kinds of things with them.Then you can be sure of what the Lord your God will do. He won’t drive out those nations to make room for you anymore. Instead, they will become traps and snares for you. They will be like whips on your backs. They will be like thorns in your eyes. All that will continue until you are destroyed. It will continue until you are removed from this good land. It’s the land the Lord your God has given you.

You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Don’t feel sorry for them. Don’t serve their gods. If you do, they will be a trap for you.

So you must not make a covenant with the people of this land. Instead, you must tear down their altars.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why did you do it?I have said something else. I said,‘ I will not drive out those people to make room for you. They and their gods will become traps for you.’ ”

They worshiped statues of their gods. That became a trap for them.

Gideon made an object out of all the gold. It looked like the linen apron the high priest of Israel wore. Gideon placed it in Ophrah. That was his hometown. All the Israelites worshiped it there. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. So the gold object became a trap to Gideon and his family.