Deuteronomy 13:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.”

Deuteronomy 13:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Deuteronomy 13:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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Deuteronomy 13:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.”

Deuteronomy 13:15 — World English Bible

Deuteronomy 13:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. ”

Deuteronomy 13:15 — American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 13:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Thou dost surely smite the inhabitants of that city by the mouth of the sword; devoting it, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it, even its cattle, by the mouth of the sword;”

Deuteronomy 13:15 — Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 13:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. ”

Deuteronomy 13:15 — Darby Translation

Deuteronomy 13:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou shalt euen slay the inhabitants of that citie with the edge of the sworde: destroy it vtterly, and all that is therein, and the cattel thereof with the edge of the sworde.”

Deuteronomy 13:15 — Geneva Bible

Deuteronomy 13:15 in Context — Deuteronomy 13

13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

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What Does Deuteronomy 13:15 Mean?

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