Joshua 10:37

What does Joshua 10:37 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 10:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And took it, overcoming it and putting it and its king and its towns and every person in it to the sword: as he had done to Eglon, he put them all to death, and gave it up to the curse with every person in it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and its king, and all its cities, and every person who <FI>is<Fi> in it--he hath not left a remnant--according to all that he did to Eglon--and doth devote it, and every person who <FI>is<Fi> in it.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Took it, and destroyed it with the edge of the sword: the king also thereof, and all the towns of that country, and all the souls that dwelt in it: he left not therein any remains: as he had done to Eglon, so did he also to Hebron, putting to the sword all that he found in it.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein: he let none remain, according to all that he had done to Eglon; and he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.

Context

v.36And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:

v.37This passage

v.38And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:

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