Deuteronomy 20:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:”
Deuteronomy 20:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 20:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 20:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you;”
Deuteronomy 20:17 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 20:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“but 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; ”
Deuteronomy 20:17 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 20:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for thou dost certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee,”
Deuteronomy 20:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 20:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“but shalt utterly devote them to destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as Jehovah thyGod hath commanded thee; ”
Deuteronomy 20:17 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 20:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But shalt vtterly destroy them: to wit, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee,”
Deuteronomy 20:17 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 20:17 in Context — Deuteronomy 20
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 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:
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:
18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.
19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
What Does Deuteronomy 20:17 Mean?
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