Deuteronomy 20:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁰ When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ When you approach a city to fight against it, you should first extend peaceful terms to it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ If at any time thou come to fight against a city, thou shalt first offer it peace.

Deuteronomy 20:10 Cross References

Isaiah 57:19

I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

Zechariah 9:10

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace unto the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Acts 10:36

The word which he sent unto the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)--

2 Corinthians 5:18

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

Ephesians 2:17

and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

Deuteronomy 2:26

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Deuteronomy 20:11

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

Deuteronomy 20:9

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.

Judges 11:12

And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

Judges 21:13

And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them.