Deuteronomy Chapter 7 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Deuteronomy 7:2

and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;
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BBE Deuteronomy 7:2

And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:
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DARBY Deuteronomy 7:2

and when Jehovah thy God shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.
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KJV Deuteronomy 7:2

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them:
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WBT Deuteronomy 7:2

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them, thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:
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WEB Deuteronomy 7:2

and when Yahweh your God shall deliver them up before you, and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them: you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;
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YLT Deuteronomy 7:2

and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them -- thou dost utterly devote them -- thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee. . . .--It would be possible to read, "Then the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, and thou shalt smite." Or the sentence might also be divided thus: "When the Lord thy God shall bring thee in, and shall have delivered the nations from before thee, and thou hast smitten them, then thou shalt utterly destroy them"--i.e., shalt make them cherem, a devoted or accursed thing. Perhaps this last way of dividing the clauses is, upon the whole, to be preferred. But in any case it should be noted that Jehovah's deliverance of the nations into Israel's hand is to precede their defeat and extermination. Indiscriminate attack and massacre are not to be thought of. (See for a further Note on this, Joshua 13) All the operations described in Joshua--the sieges of Jericho and Ai, the southern campaign and the northern campaign--were alike undertaken under Divine direction. The same may be said of the battles in Moses' lifetime, whether against Amalek, Sihon, Og, Arad, or Midian. The same is true of the judges, and of David's operations against the Philistines after he came to the throne (2Samuel 5:19, &c). The principle was acknowledged by Ahab in his attack on Ramoth-gilead (1 Kings 22).Thou shalt make no covenant with them.--The reason for this is too obvious to need comment. If Israelites and idolaters were united--still more if they were intermingled in marriage--there was an end to the distinction of race and religion--an end to the supremacy of Israel or the isolation of the people of Jehovah, as exhibiting His Law and the blessings of His government to mankind. It must be remembered, however, that the isolation here commanded was only a means to an end; it was not the end itself. It may be further observed that as soon as the danger of idolatry was at an end, the isolation of Israel in a great measure ceased. The object of giving the people a land of their own, and supremacy among the surrounding nations, was to enable them to develop the religion which was to prepare the way for Christianity. When the religious principles of the nation were sufficiently fixed to make their political supremacy unnecessary, this supremacy was taken away.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewand when the LORDיְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativehas delivered them overוּנְתָנָ֞ם (ū·nə·ṯā·nām)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine pluralStrong's 5414: To give, put, setto youלְפָנֶ֖יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6440: The faceto defeat them,וְהִכִּיתָ֑ם (wə·hik·kî·ṯām)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine pluralStrong's 5221: To strikethen you must completely destroy them.הַחֲרֵ֤ם (ha·ḥă·rêm)Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the noseMakeתִכְרֹ֥ת (ṯiḵ·rōṯ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenantnoלֹא־ (lō-)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, notreatyבְּרִ֖ית (bə·rîṯ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 1285: A covenantwith themלָהֶ֛ם (lā·hem)Preposition | third person masculine pluralStrong's Hebrew and show them noוְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nomercy.תְחָנֵּֽם׃ (ṯə·ḥān·nêm)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine pluralStrong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to imploreJump to PreviousAgreement Complete Covenant Defeat Defeated Deliver Delivered Delivers Destroy Destruction Devote Hands Mercy Overcome Shew Show Smite Smitten Strike Totally Treaty Utterly