Joshua 11:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Joshua did to them as the Lord bade him; he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

Common English Bible

Joshua dealt with them exactly as the LORD had told him. He crippled their horses and burned their chariots.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he did just as the Lord had instructed him. He hamstrung their horses, and he burned their chariots with fire.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he did as the Lord had commanded him: he hamstringed their horses and burned their chariots.

Joshua 11:9 Cross References

Genesis 49:6

O my soul, come not into their council; O my spirit, be not joined to their company; for in their anger they slay men, and in their wantonness they hamstring oxen.

2 Samuel 8:4

And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots.

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!”

Nahum 2:13

Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.

Joshua 11:6

And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel; you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.”