Joshua 7:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Achan answered Joshua, "Truly, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Achan answered hua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Achan{H5912} answered{H6030} Joshua,{H3091} and said,{H559} Of a truth{H546} I have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} and thus and thus have I done:{H6213}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Achan{H5912} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Joshua{H3091}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Indeed{H546} I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, and thus and thus have I done{H6213}{(H8804)}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then answered Achan vnto Iosua, and sayde: Verely I haue synned agaynst ye LORDE God of Israel, thus & thus haue I done:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Achan answered Ioshua, and saide, In deede, I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus haue I done.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Achan auswered Iosuah, & sayd: Of a trueth I haue sinned against the Lorde God of Israel, and thus & thus haue I done.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, `Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Achan answered Joshua, and said, "I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Achan told Joshua,“It is true. I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel in this way:

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:21 : 21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he begged us, and we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.
  • Exod 10:16 : 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
  • Num 22:34 : 34 And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.
  • 1 Sam 15:24 : 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
  • 1 Sam 15:30 : 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.
  • Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?
  • Job 33:27 : 27 He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me;
  • Ps 38:18 : 18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Josh 7:18-19
    2 verses
    89%

    18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

    19 And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.

  • Josh 7:21-26
    6 verses
    82%

    21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

    22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it.

    23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

    24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor.

    25 And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

    26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

  • Josh 7:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

    2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

  • 79%

    20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

    21 Then the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

  • Josh 7:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 And the LORD said to Joshua, Get up; why are you lying thus upon your face?

    11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and deceived also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

  • 15 And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done foolishness in Israel.

  • 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments:

  • 8 And David said to God, I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech you, remove the iniquity of your servant; for I have acted very foolishly.

  • Josh 7:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6 And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

    7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of Jordan!

    8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies?

  • 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

  • 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.

  • 7 We have dealt very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which You commanded Your servant Moses.

  • 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

  • 5 I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

  • 15 And the children of Israel said to the LORD, We have sinned: do to us whatever seems good to You, but please deliver us this day.

  • 41 Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when you had girded on every man his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hill.

  • 5 And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing:

  • Num 5:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 Speak to the children of Israel, When a man or woman commits any sin that people commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is guilty;

    7 Then they shall confess their sin that they have committed, and he shall compensate for his wrong with its principal, and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him against whom he has trespassed.

  • 10 And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, We have sinned against You, both because we have forsaken our God and also served the Baals.

  • 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

  • 68%

    3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

  • 11 And Aaron said to Moses, 'Alas, my lord, I beseech you, do not lay the sin upon us, wherein we have acted foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.'

  • 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.

  • 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

  • 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

  • 3 Or if he has found what was lost and lies about it, and swears falsely; in any of these things a person may do, sinning therein:

  • 10 And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.

  • 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sins through ignorance, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

  • 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done this evil in your sight, that you may be justified when you speak and be clear when you judge.

  • 22 And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?