Deuteronomy 20:13

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11 And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you.

12 Now if the city will not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.

13 And when the Lord your God delivers it into your hands, ^ayou shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword.

14 But the women, the little ones, ^athe livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and ^byou shall eat the enemies’ plunder which the Lord your God gives you.

15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

16 “But ^aof the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive,

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 20:13

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American Standard Version
and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

Amplified® Bible
And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, you shall smite every male there with the edge of the sword.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 20:10)

Darby English Version
and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

Good News Bible
Then, when the LORD your God lets you capture the city, kill every man in it.

King James Version
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

New American Standard Bible
"When the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall strike all the men in it with the edge of the sword.

New International Version
When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.

New King James Version
And when the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"When the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall strike all the men in it with the edge of the sword.

Revised Standard Version
and when the LORD your God gives it into your hand you shall put all its males to the sword,

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword.

New English Translation
The Lord your God will deliver it over to you¹ and you must kill every single male by the sword.

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