Deuteronomy 20:16

What does Deuteronomy 20:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 20:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee <FI>for<Fi> an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,

Context

v.15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

v.16This passage

v.17but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 21:35

    So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

  • Numbers 33:52

    then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

  • Deuteronomy 7:1

    When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

  • Joshua 11:11

    And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

  • Joshua 10:28

    And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

  • Joshua 10:40

    So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.

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