Deu 7:2 | NET2full | STEP | and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy !

‏ Deuteronomy 7:2

2 and he ^{▼▼tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.} delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate ^{▼▼tn In the Hebrew text the infinitive absolute before the finite verb emphasizes the statement. The imperfect has an obligatory nuance here. Cf. ASV “shalt (must NRSV) utterly destroy them”; CEV “must destroy them without mercy.”} them. Make no treaty ^{▼▼tn Heb “covenant” (so NASB, NRSV); TEV “alliance.”} with them and show them no mercy!