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Joshua 11:9

What does Joshua 11:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 11:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Joshua did to them as the Lord had said to him; he had the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Joshua doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt with fire.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he did as the Lord had commanded him, he hamstringed their horses and burned their chariots.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.

Context

v.8And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

v.9This passage

v.10And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

Cross references

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

  • Joshua 11:6

    And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

  • Ezekiel 39:9

    And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;

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