But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes,
Joshua 11:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And they put to the sword all who were in it, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed, and he burned Hazor with fire. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They smote all the people in it with the sword, utterly destroying them; none were left alive, and he burned Hazor with fire. American Standard Version (1901) And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire. Common English Bible They struck down everyone there without mercy, wiping them out as something reserved for God. Nothing that breathed was left. Hazor itself he burned. Catholic Public Domain Version And he struck down all the souls that were staying there. He did not leave in it any remains, but he destroyed everything unto utter annihilation, and he destroyed the city itself with fire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he cut off all the souls that abode there: he left not in it any remains, but utterly destroyed all, and burned the city itself with fire. |
But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes,
and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them; then you must utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, and show no mercy to them.
So Joshua defeated the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword.
And they burned the city with fire, and all within it; only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.