Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And when LORD thy God delivers it into thy hand, thou shall smite every male of it with the edge of the sword,
New American Standard Bible
When the Lord your God gives it into your hand,
King James Version
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
Holman Bible
When the Lord your God hands it over to you, you must strike down all its males with the sword.
International Standard Version
The LORD your God will deliver it into your control, and you must execute every male.
American Standard Version
and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
Amplified
When the Lord your God gives it into your hand, you shall strike down all the men in it with the edge of the sword.
Bible in Basic English
And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
Darby Translation
and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah thy God gave it into thy hand, and thou didst cut off every one of its males by the mouth of the sword.
King James 2000
And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh your God will give it into your hand, and you shall kill all its males with the {edge} of [the] sword.
Modern King James verseion
And when Jehovah your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sword,
NET Bible
The Lord your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.
New Heart English Bible
and when the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
The Emphasized Bible
and Yahweh thy God will deliver it into thy hand, - and thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;
Webster
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:
World English Bible
and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
Youngs Literal Translation
and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword.
Interlinear
'elohiym
Nathan
Yad
Nakah
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 20:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shall besiege it. 13 And when LORD thy God delivers it into thy hand, thou shall smite every male of it with the edge of the sword, 14 but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, thou shall take for a prey to thyself. And thou shall eat the spoil of thine enemies, which LORD thy God has given thee.
Names
Cross References
Numbers 31:7-9
And they warred against Midian as LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
Numbers 31:17-18
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
1 Kings 11:15-16
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom
Psalm 2:6-12
Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalm 21:8-9
Thy hand will find out all thine enemies. Thy right hand will find out those who hate thee.
Psalm 110:1
LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Luke 19:27
Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
and relief with us, to you who are restricted, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his agents of power