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Joshua 10:38

What does Joshua 10:38 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 10:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Joshua and all Israel with him went on to make an attack on Debir;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fighteth against it,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Returning from thence to Dabir,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it.

Context

v.37and 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.

v.38This passage

v.39and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.

Cross references

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

  • Joshua 15:49

    and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir),

  • Joshua 15:15

    And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

  • Joshua 21:15

    and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

  • Judges 1:11

    And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)

  • Joshua 12:13

    the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

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