Deuteronomy 20:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ When the officers have finished addressing the troops, then the commanders shall take charge of them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And when the officers finish speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders at the head of the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.

Common English Bible

⁹ Once the officials have completed their speech to the troops, the army commanders will assume leadership of the forces.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And when the captains of the army shall hold their peace, and have made an end of speaking, every man shall prepare their bands to fight.

Deuteronomy 20:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:1

Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

Deuteronomy 20:10

“When you draw near to a town to fight against it, offer it terms of peace.

Deuteronomy 20:8

The officers shall continue to address the troops, saying, ‘Is anyone afraid or disheartened? He should go back to his house, or he might cause the heart of his comrades to melt like his own.’