Parallel DEU 20:20

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BSB But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.

NET However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

LSV Only, the tree of which you know that it [is] not a fruit-tree, you destroy it, and have cut [it] down, and have built a bulwark against the city which is making war with you until you have subdued it.”

FBV However, you may destroy the trees that you know are not fruit trees. You can use them to build siege equipment to attack the town that is fighting against you until it falls.

T4T You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to go over the walls and capture the city.”

LEB Only[fn] the trees[fn] that you knoware not fruit trees[fn] you may destroy and you may cut down, and you may build siege works against that city that is making war with youuntil it falls.”[fn]

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BBE Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken.

MOF No MOF DEU book available

JPS Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, them thou mayest destroy and cut down, that thou mayest build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

ASV Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

DRA But if there be any trees that are not fruitful, but wild, and fit for other uses, cut them down, and make engines, until thou take the city, which fighteth against thee.

YLT Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it [is] not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

DBY Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou mayest destroy and cut them down, and build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

RV Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

WBS Only the trees which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it shall be subdued.

KJB Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.[fn]
  (Only the trees which thou/you knowst that they be not trees for meat, thou/you shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou/you shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.)

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BB Only those trees which thou knowest to be vnfruitfull, those shalt thou destroy & cut downe, and make bulworkes agaynst the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntyll thou subdue it.
  (Only those trees which thou/you knowst to be unfruitfull, those shalt thou/you destroy and cut down, and make bulworkes against the city that maketh war with thee, until thou/you subdue it.)

GNV Onely those trees, which thou knowest are not for meate, those shalt thou destroy and cut downe, and make fortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntil thou subdue it.
  (Onely those trees, which thou/you knowst are not for meate, those shalt thou/you destroy and cut down, and make fortes against the city that maketh war with thee, until thou/you subdue it. )

CB But the trees which thou knowest yt me eate not of, those shalt thou destroye, and rote out, and make bullworkes therof, agaynst the cite that warreth with the, tyll thou haue ouercome it.
  (But the trees which thou/you knowst it me eat not of, those shalt thou/you destroye, and root out, and make bullworkes therof, against the cite that warreth with them, till thou/you have overcome it.)

WYC Forsothe if onye ben not appil trees, but `of the feeld, and ben able in to othere vsis, kitte doun, and make thou engynes, til thou take the citee that fiytith ayens thee.
  (Forsothe if onye been not appil trees, but `of the field, and been able in to other usis, kitte down, and make thou/you engynes, til thou/you take the city that fiytith against thee.)

LUT Welches aber Bäume sind, die du weißt, daß man nicht davon isset, die sollst du verderben und ausrotten und Bollwerk draus bauen wider die Stadt, die mit dir krieget, bis daß du ihrer mächtig werdest.
  (Welches but Bäume are, the you weißt, that man not davon isset, the should you verderben and ausrotten and Bollwerk draus bauen against the Stadt, the with you krieget, until that you ihrer mächtig becomest.)

CLV Si qua autem ligna non sunt pomifera, sed agrestia, et in ceteros apta usus, succide, et instrue machinas, donec capias civitatem, quæ contra te dimicat.
  (When/But_if which however ligna not/no are pomifera, but agrestia, and in ceteros apta usus, succide, and instrue machinas, until capias civitatem, which contra you(sg) dimicat. )

BRN But the tree which thou knowest to be not fruit-bearing, this thou shalt destroy and cut down; and thou shalt construct a mound against the city, which makes war against thee, until it be delivered up.

BrLXX Ἀλλὰ ξύλον ὃ ἐπίστασαι ὅτι οὐ καρπόβρωτόν ἐστι, τοῦτο ὀλοθρεύσεις καὶ ἐκκόψεις· καὶ οἰκοδομήσεις χαράκωσιν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, ἥτις ποιεῖ πρὸς σὲ τὸν πόλεμον, ἕως ἂν παραδοθῇ.
  (Alla xulon ho epistasai hoti ou karpobrōton esti, touto olothreuseis kai ekkopseis; kai oikodomaʸseis ⱪarakōsin epi taʸn polin, haʸtis poiei pros se ton polemon, heōs an paradothaʸ. )