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Deuteronomy 20:11

Deuteronomy chapter 20 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

Context

v.10When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

v.11This passage

v.12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 11:19

    There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.

  • Joshua 9:22

    And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

  • Joshua 16:10

    And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.

  • Leviticus 25:42

    For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

  • 1 Kings 9:21

    their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.

  • Judges 1:30

    Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.