Deuteronomy 20:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, then all the people found in it shall serve you and work for you.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And it shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found within shall be tributaries to you, and they shall serve you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And yf they answere the agayne peasably, and open vnto the, then let all the people that is founde therein be tributaries vnto the and serue the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf they answere the peaceably, and open vnto the, then shal all ye people yt is founde therin, be tributaries vnto the, and serue ye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And if it answere thee againe peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therein, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And if they aunswere thee agayne peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therin, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass -- all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 25:42-46 : 42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves. 43 Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God. 44 Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your land, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites harshly.
  • Josh 9:22-23 : 22 Then Joshua summoned them and said, 'Why did you deceive us by saying, “We live far away from you,” while in fact you live among us?' 23 'Now therefore, you are under a curse and will always serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.'
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 On that day, Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the LORD at the place He would choose. And they continue to do so to this day.
  • Josh 11:19-20 : 19 No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle. 20 For it was the LORD's purpose to harden their hearts to engage in battle with Israel, so that they would be utterly destroyed, receiving no mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.
  • Judg 1:28 : 28 When Israel became strong, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not completely drive them out.
  • Judg 1:30-35 : 30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol. The Canaanites continued to live among them, but they were subjected to forced labor. 31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. 32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out. 33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were subjected to forced labor. 34 The Amorites pressed the people of Dan into the hill country, not allowing them to come down to the valley. 35 The Amorites were determined to remain in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. However, the hand of the house of Joseph grew stronger, and the Amorites were subjected to forced labor.
  • 1 Kgs 9:21-22 : 21 their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day. 22 But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites; they were his soldiers, servants, officials, commanders, captains, and commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We don’t want this man to reign over us.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 20:12-15
    4 verses
    87%

    12But if it does not make peace with you and wages war against you, then you shall besiege it.

    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

    14However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

    15This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

  • Deut 20:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders to lead the armies at the head of the troops.

    10When you approach a city to fight against it, offer it peace terms.

  • Isa 60:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Your gates will always be open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought to you, and their kings led in procession.

    12For any nation or kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations will be utterly ruined.

  • Deut 21:10
    72%

    10When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take captives,

  • 2 Sam 22:45
    72%

    45Strangers submit to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me.

  • 1 Kgs 12:7
    72%

    7They replied, "If you will serve these people today and grant their request, speaking kind words to them, they will always be your servants."

  • Deut 31:5
    71%

    5The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must act toward them according to the entire commandment I have instructed you.

  • 1 Sam 8:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16He will take your male and female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and use them for his own work.

    17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

  • Deut 20:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

    2When you approach the battle, the priest shall come forward and address the people.

  • Lev 26:7
    70%

    7You will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.

  • Luke 10:6
    70%

    6If a peaceful person is there, your peace will rest on them; but if not, it will return to you.

  • Josh 9:11
    70%

    11So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Deut 28:48
    70%

    48You will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and total destitution. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

  • Exod 18:23
    70%

    23If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to endure, and all these people will go home satisfied and at peace.

  • 1 Sam 17:9
    70%

    9If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.

  • 1 Sam 25:6
    70%

    6Say this to him: ‘Peace to you! Peace to your household, and peace to all that you have!’

  • Ps 18:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43I grind them as fine as dust before the wind; I pour them out like mud in the streets.

    44You deliver me from the strife of the people; You make me the head of nations; a people I had not known serves me.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
    70%

    3I will bring back all the people to you, as though everyone returns to the man you seek. Then all the people will be at peace.

  • Deut 20:20
    70%

    20However, you may cut down only the trees that you know are not fruit-bearing. Use them to build siege works against the city that is at war with you, until it falls.

  • Deut 17:14
    70%

    14When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and take possession of it and settle in it, and you say, 'Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations around us,'

  • Isa 14:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. Then the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female servants. They will take captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

    3On the day the LORD gives you rest from your pain, your turmoil, and the harsh labor imposed on you,

  • Deut 19:1
    70%

    1When the LORD your God eliminates the nations whose land He is giving you, and you take possession of them and settle in their cities and houses,

  • Neh 9:24
    70%

    24Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

  • Exod 13:11
    70%

    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,

  • 2 Chr 10:7
    70%

    7They replied, "If you are kind to these people, please them, and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants."

  • Josh 11:19
    70%

    19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.

  • 1 Sam 20:7
    70%

    7If he says, 'Good,' it will mean peace for your servant. But if he is very angry, know that he has determined harm.

  • Num 32:22
    70%

    22then the land will be subdued before the Lord, and afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the Lord and Israel. This land will then be your possession before the Lord.

  • Deut 11:25
    70%

    25No one will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land where you set foot, as He has promised you.

  • Jer 22:4
    69%

    4For if you indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their officials, and their people.

  • Num 32:27
    69%

    27but your servants, every armed man of war, will cross over before the Lord to battle, just as my lord says."

  • Jer 27:11
    69%

    11But the nation that willingly brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let dwell on its land, declares the LORD, to work it and live on it.

  • Ezek 48:19
    69%

    19The workers of the city, recruited from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

  • Ps 72:11
    69%

    11All kings will bow down to him, and all nations will serve him.

  • Deut 11:23
    69%

    23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • Deut 6:19
    69%

    19He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • Deut 13:15
    69%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

  • Deut 26:1
    69%

    1When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,

  • 1 Sam 12:14
    69%

    14If you fear the LORD, serve Him, obey His voice, and do not rebel against His command, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

  • 1 Kgs 20:18
    69%

    18He said, 'If they have come out for peace, capture them alive; and if they have come out for war, capture them alive.'