Deuteronomy 20:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² But if it does not accept your terms of peace and makes war against you, then you shall besiege it,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But if it refuses to make peace with you and fights against you, then you shall besiege it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

Common English Bible

¹² However, if the city does not negotiate peacefully with you but makes war against you, you may attack it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² But if they will not make peace, and shall begin war against thee, thou shalt besiege it.

Deuteronomy 20:12 Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:11

If it accepts your terms of peace and surrenders to you, then all the people in it shall serve you at forced labor.

Deuteronomy 20:13

and when the Lord your God gives it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword.