Deuteronomy 20:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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.

Deuteronomy 20:12 Cross References

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 20:13

and when the LORD thy God delivereth it into thine hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: