Joshua 6:21

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.
  • Deut 7:2-3 : 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them: 3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take for your son.
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.
  • Deut 20:16-17 : 16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes: 17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:
  • Josh 9:24-25 : 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants how the LORD your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, see, we are in your hand: do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.
  • Josh 10:28 : 28 On that day Joshua took Makkedah and struck it with the edge of the sword, he utterly destroyed its king, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.
  • Josh 10:39 : 39 And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done to Libnah and its king.
  • Josh 11:14 : 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the livestock, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, leaving none that breathed.
  • 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
  • 1 Sam 15:8 : 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
  • 1 Sam 15:18-19 : 18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed. 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?
  • 1 Kgs 20:42 : 42 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
  • Ps 137:8-9 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be who rewards you as you have served us. 9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.
  • Jer 48:18 : 18 You daughter who inhabits Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon you, and he shall destroy your strongholds.
  • Rev 18:21 : 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 3:6
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    6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

  • Judg 21:10-11
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    10 And the congregation sent there twelve thousand of their best men, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and the children.

    11 And this is what you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.

  • Deut 13:15
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    15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  • Josh 11:14
    79%

    14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the livestock, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, leaving none that breathed.

  • Josh 11:11-12
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    11 And they destroyed all the souls that were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was none left breathing: and he burned Hazor with fire.

    12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

  • Josh 10:37
    78%

    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.

  • Deut 2:34
    78%

    34 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.

  • Josh 6:24
    78%

    24 And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

  • Josh 6:20
    77%

    20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

  • Josh 10:39-40
    2 verses
    77%

    39 And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done to Libnah and its king.

    40 So Joshua defeated all the land: the mountain country, the South, the lowland, and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

  • Josh 10:35
    77%

    35 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.

  • Ezek 9:6
    77%

    6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.

  • Deut 20:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

    14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

  • Josh 8:24-27
    4 verses
    76%

    24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they chased them, and when they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

    25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, all the men of Ai.

    26 For Joshua did not draw his hand back, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

    27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey for themselves, according to the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

  • Josh 10:30
    76%

    30 And the LORD delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 10:20
    75%

    20 And it happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, that the rest who remained entered into fortified cities.

  • Josh 6:5
    75%

    5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.

  • Josh 6:22
    75%

    22 But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her.

  • Josh 11:21
    74%

    21 And at that time Joshua came, and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

  • Josh 10:28
    74%

    28 On that day Joshua took Makkedah and struck it with the edge of the sword, he utterly destroyed its king, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 6:16-17
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    16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD has given you the city.

    17 And the city shall be accursed, it and all that are in it, to the LORD: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    74%

    3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

  • 1 Sam 22:19
    73%

    19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  • Num 31:10
    73%

    10 And they burned all their cities where they dwelt, and all their fortified castles, with fire.

  • Num 31:17
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    17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

  • Judg 6:4
    73%

    4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth till you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.

  • Josh 6:3
    73%

    3 And you shall surround the city, all you men of war, and go around the city once. You shall do this for six days.

  • Judg 1:25
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    25 And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

  • Judg 20:48
    73%

    48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the men of every city, and the beasts, and all that came to hand; also they set on fire all the cities they came to.

  • Josh 8:8
    73%

    8 And it shall be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire; according to the commandment of the LORD you shall do. See, I have commanded you.

  • Josh 8:22
    73%

    22 And the others issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they struck them so that none of them remained or escaped.

  • Josh 6:26
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    26 And Joshua swore an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, who rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest son he shall set up its gates.

  • Josh 8:16
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    16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

  • Deut 20:16
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    16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes: