Joshua 10:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the people who were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּלְכְּד֜וּהָ בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ וַיַכּ֣וּהָ לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כָּל־הַנֶּ֣פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֔הּ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא הֶחֱרִ֑ים כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה לְלָכִֽישׁ׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyilkədûhā in-the-yôm the-hahûʾ and wayyakkûhā to-pî-ḥereb and ʾēt all-the-neppeš which-in-her in-the-yôm the-hahûʾ heḥĕrîm according-to-all which-ʿāśâ to-lākîš

Grammar Details

• *wayyilkədûhā*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp + 3fs suffix - and they captured it
• *yôm*: noun common masculine singular - day
• *hahûʾ*: definite article + pronoun 3ms - that/the same
• *wayyakkûhā*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3mp + 3fs suffix - and they struck it
• *pî*: noun masculine singular construct - mouth/edge of
• *ḥereb*: noun common feminine singular - sword
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *neppeš*: noun common feminine singular - soul/life/person
• *heḥĕrîm*: hiphil perfect 3ms - he utterly destroyed/devoted to destruction
• *ʿāśâ*: qal perfect 3ms - he did/made
• *lākîš*: proper noun - Lachish

Word Meanings

• *wayyilkədûhā*: and they captured/seized/took it
• *wayyakkûhā*: and they struck/smote it
• *pî*: mouth/edge/opening of
• *ḥereb*: sword/knife
• *neppeš*: soul/life/person/being
• *heḥĕrîm*: devoted to destruction/utterly destroyed/put under the ban
• *ʿāśâ*: did/made/performed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and wanne it the same daye, and smote it with the edge of the swerde, and damned all the soules that were therin the same daye, acordynge vnto all as he had done vnto Lachis.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they tooke it the same day, & smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the soules that were therein he vtterly destroyed the same day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And toke it the same day, and smote it with the edge of the sworde: & al the soules that were therin he vtterly destroyed the same day, according to all that he he had done to Lachis.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that [were] therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls who were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and capture it on that day, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and every person who `is' in it on that day he hath devoted, according to all that he did to Lachish.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And that day they took it, putting it and every person in it to the sword, as he had done to Lachish.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:44 : 44 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
• Josh 10:37 : 37 And they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword—its king, all its cities, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon, but utterly destroyed it and all the people who were in it.
• Job 19:10 : 10 He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone; and my hope He has removed like a tree.