Joshua 6:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they utterly destroyed{H2763} all that was in the city,{H5892} both man{H376} and woman,{H802} both young{H5288} and old,{H2205} and ox,{H7794} and sheep,{H7716} and ass,{H2543} with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8686)} all that was in the city{H5892}, both man{H376} and woman{H802}, young{H5288} and old{H2205}, and ox{H7794}, and sheep{H7716}, and ass{H2543}, with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus they wanne ye cite, and destroyed all that was in the cite with the edge of the swerde, both man and woman, yonge and olde, oxe, shepe, and Asse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie, both man and woman, yong, and olde, and oxe, and sheepe, and asse, with the edge of the sword.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie, both man and woman, young and olde, oxe, sheepe, and asse, with the edge of the sworde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they devote all that `is' in the city, from man even unto woman, from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass, by the mouth of the sword.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 2:34 : 34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.
  • Deut 7:2-3 : 2 and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy. 3 Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
  • Deut 20:16-17 : 16 But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. 17 Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.
  • Josh 9:24-25 : 24 They answered Joshua, 'Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you this entire land and destroy all its inhabitants before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.' 25 Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.
  • Josh 10:28 : 28 That same day, Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He treated the king of Makkedah as he had treated the king of Jericho.
  • Josh 10:39 : 39 They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.
  • Josh 11:14 : 14 The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.
  • 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'
  • 1 Sam 15:8 : 8 He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.
  • 1 Sam 15:18-19 : 18 And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.' 19 Why then did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush for the spoil and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD?
  • 1 Kgs 20:42 : 42 The prophet said to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you released a man I had determined should die, it will be your life for his life, and your people for his people.'
  • Ps 137:8-9 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. 9 Blessed is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rock.
  • Jer 48:18 : 18 Come down from your place of glory and sit in thirst, inhabitant daughter of Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab has attacked you, ruining your fortresses.
  • Rev 18:21 : 21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, 'Thus, with violence, Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and it will never be found again.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Deut 3:6
    81%

    6 We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.

  • Judg 21:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand armed men with the command, 'Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the sword, including the women and children.'

    11 This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.

  • Deut 13:15
    79%

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

  • Josh 11:14
    79%

    14 The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.

  • Josh 11:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 They struck down everyone in the city with the sword, completely destroying them. Not a single living thing was left, and Joshua burned Hazor with fire.

    12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and their kings as well. He struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

  • Josh 10:37
    78%

    37 They captured it and struck it down with the edge of the sword, including its king, its villages, and every person in it. He left no survivors, just as he had done to Eglon. He utterly destroyed the city and everyone in it.

  • Deut 2:34
    78%

    34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.

  • Josh 6:24
    78%

    24 Then they burned the city and everything in it with fire. However, they put the silver, gold, bronze, and iron items into the treasury of the LORD's house.

  • Josh 6:20
    77%

    20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted. At the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a great shout, the wall collapsed. Each person charged straight in, and they captured the city.

  • Josh 10:39-40
    2 verses
    77%

    39 They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.

    40 So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

  • Josh 10:35
    77%

    35 They captured it that same day and struck it down with the edge of the sword. They completely destroyed every person in it, just as they had done to Lachish.

  • Ezek 9:6
    77%

    6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

  • Deut 20:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

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

    14 However, 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.

  • Josh 8:24-27
    4 verses
    76%

    24 When Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field and in the wilderness where they had pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.

    25 On that day, twelve thousand men and women, all the people of Ai, fell.

    26 Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he had stretched out the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

    27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He commanded Joshua.

  • Josh 10:30
    76%

    30 The LORD gave Libnah into Israel's hands, along with its king. Joshua put the city and everyone in it to the sword, leaving no survivors. He treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 10:20
    75%

    20 So Joshua and the Israelites completely defeated them with a great slaughter, almost wiping them out. But a few survivors managed to retreat to their fortified cities.

  • Josh 6:5
    75%

    5 When you hear the sound of a long blast from the ram’s horn, have all the people give a loud shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse, and the people will go up—each straight ahead.

  • Josh 6:22
    75%

    22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, 'Go to the house of the prostitute and bring her out, along with everyone who belongs to her, just as you swore to her.'

  • Josh 11:21
    74%

    21 At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.

  • Josh 10:28
    74%

    28 That same day, Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He treated the king of Makkedah as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 6:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 On the seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua said to the people, 'Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!'

    17 The city and all within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and those with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers we sent.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    74%

    3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • 1 Sam 22:19
    73%

    19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, killing its men and women, children and infants, and also its oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

  • Num 31:10
    73%

    10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.

  • Num 31:17
    73%

    17 Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

  • Judg 6:4
    73%

    4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.

  • Josh 6:3
    73%

    3 You and all the fighting men are to march around the city once. Do this for six days.

  • Judg 1:25
    73%

    25 He showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the sword but let the man and his family go free.

  • Judg 20:48
    73%

    48 The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put the cities to the sword, including the people, livestock, and everything they found. They also set fire to all the cities they came upon.

  • Josh 8:8
    73%

    8 "When you have taken the city, you shall set it on fire, as the Lord has commanded. See, I have commanded you."

  • Josh 8:22
    73%

    22 The others came out from the city to meet them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelites, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivors or fugitives were left.

  • Josh 6:26
    72%

    26 At that time, Joshua pronounced this oath: 'Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up to rebuild this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn, he will lay its foundation; and at the cost of his youngest, he will set up its gates.'

  • Josh 8:16
    72%

    16 All the people of Ai were summoned to pursue them. They chased after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

  • Deut 20:16
    72%

    16 But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.