JOS 11:14 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX καὶ πάντα τὰ σκῦλα αὐτῆς ἐπρονόμευσαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ· αὐτοὺς δὲ πάντας ἐξωλόθρευσαν ἐν στόματι ξίφους, ἕως ἀπώλεσεν αὐτοὺς· οὐ κατέλιπον ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐδὲν ἐμπνέον.
(kai panta ta skula autaʸs epronomeusan heautois hoi huioi Israaʸl; autous de pantas exōlothreusan en stomati xifous, heōs apōlesen autous; ou katelipon ex autōn ouden empneon. )

BrTr And the children of Israel took all its spoils to themselves; and they slew all the men with the edge of the sword, until he destroyed them; they left not one of them breathing.

ULT And all of the plunder of these cities and the livestock, the sons of Israel plundered for themselves. Only every human they struck to the mouth of the sword until they had destroyed them. They did not leave any breathing thing.

UST The Israelites took for themselves all the valuable things and all the livestock from these cities. But they killed all the people. They did not let any of the people live.

OEB All the spoil and cattle of these towns the Israelites took for themselves. But they massacred all the people until they were wiped out, and not a living person was left.

WEBBE The children of Israel took all the plunder of these cities, with the livestock, as plunder for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.

LSV and all the spoil of these cities, and the livestock, the sons of Israel have spoiled for themselves; only, they have struck every man by the mouth of the sword, until their destroying them; they have not left anyone breathing.

FBV The Israelites did take for themselves all the plunder and livestock from these towns. But they killed all the inhabitants, destroying them all so none were left alive.

T4T The Israelis took for themselves the animals that they found in those cities and everything else that was valuable [DOU]. But they killed all the people.

LEB And all the spoil and livestock of these cities the _⌊Israelites_⌋ took as booty; they struck the people with _⌊the edge of the sword_⌋,[fn] until they had destroyed them—they left behind no one who breathed.

11:14 Literally “the mouth of the sword”

BBE And all the goods taken from these towns, and their cattle, the children of Israel kept for themselves; but every man they put to death without mercy, till their destruction was complete, and there was no one living.

Moff All the spoil and cattle of these towns the Israelites took for themselves; but they massacred every man till they were wiped out, and not a living soul was left.

JPS And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed.

ASV And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed.

DRA And the children of Israel divided among themselves all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, killing all the men.

YLT and all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, have the sons of Israel spoiled for themselves; only, every human being they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, till their destroying them; they have not left any one breathing.

Drby And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle the children of Israel took as prey to themselves; only, they smote all the men with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them: they left none that breathed.

RV And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed.

SLT And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel plundered for themselves; only every man they smote with the mouth of the sword, till they destroyed them; not any breath was left.

Wbstr And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves: but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

KJB-1769 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

KJB-1611 And all the spoile of these cities, and the cattell, the children of Israel tooke for a pray vnto themselues: but euery man they smote with the edge of the sword, vntill they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And all the spoyle of the sayde cities & the cattel, the children of Israel caught vnto them selues: But euery ma they smote with the edge of the sword, vntill they had destroyed them, neither left they ought that had breath.
(And all the spoil of the said cities and the cattle, the children of Israel caught unto themselves: But every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they ought that had breath.)

Gnva And all the spoyle of these cities and the cattel the children of Israel tooke for their praye, but they smote euery man with the edge of the sword vntill they had destroyed them, not leauing one aliue.
(And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle the children of Israel took for their praye, but they smote every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, not leauing one alive. )

Cvdl And all the spoyles of these cities and the catell, dyd the children of Israel deale amonge them, but smote all the men with the edge of the swerde, tyll they had destroyed them, and let nothinge remayne that had breth.
(And all the spoils of these cities and the cattle, did the children of Israel deal among them, but smote all the men with the edge of the sword, till they had destroyed them, and let nothing remain that had breth.)

Wycl And the sones of Israel departiden to hem silf al the prei, and werk beestis of these citees, whanne alle men weren slayn.
(And the sons of Israel departed to himself all the prey, and work beasts/animals of these cities, when all men were slain/killed.)

Luth Und allen Raub dieser Städte und das Vieh teileten die Kinder Israel unter sich; aber alle Menschen schlugen sie mit der Schärfe des Schwerts, bis sie die vertilgeten, und ließen nichts überbleiben, das den Odem hatte.
(And all/everyone plunder this cities and the cattle sharedn the children Israel under itself/yourself/themselves; but all people hit/beat(v) they/she/them with the/of_the Schärfe the swords, until they/she/them the consumedn, and leave/let nothing remain, the the breath had.)

ClVg Omnemque prædam istarum urbium ac jumenta diviserunt sibi filii Israël, cunctis hominibus interfectis.
(Everythingmque loot these_(ones)rum of_cities and cattle diviserunt to_himself children Israel, to_all to_humans having_been_killed. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 11:1–15 The Israelites conquered the towns of northern Canaan

King Jabin, the king of Hazor, brought together the kings of the towns in Northern Canaan to fight against Israel. With the help of Yahweh, Joshua and the Israelites fought and defeated all these towns and killed their kings and their people.

Here is another possible section heading:

Israel defeated the northern towns

11:14a

The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities,

The Israelite soldiers took all the valuable things and the animals in these cities.
The Israelite army kept for themselves all the goods of these cities and the domestic animals,

The Israelites: The phrase The Israelites indicates the Israelite army.

took for themselves: The Hebrew verb that the BSB translates as took for themselves is more literally “took” or “seized.”

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The Israelites kept the animals and everything of value from these towns (CEV)

The Israelites took for themselves all the animals and the other things from those towns

all the plunder and livestock of these cities: The phrase all the plunder and livestock of these cities refers to the things such as clothing or jewelry that a soldier might want to take. Yahweh allowed the Israelites to take these things for their own use. The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as plunder is the same word as was used in 8:27.

and livestock of these cities: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as livestock can refer to other kinds of animals as well as cattle. It is recommended that you use a more general term, such as “domestic animals.” The same Hebrew word was also used in 8:27.

11:14b

but they put all the people to the sword

But they killed all the people there with their swords.
but they killed every single person.

they put all the people to the sword: The phrase put all the people to the sword indicates that the Israelite army killed the people. This is a Hebrew idiom that was used in 10:32, and it is recommended that you translate it the same way in both places.

Here is another way to translate this Hebrew idiom:

they put every person to death (GNT)

all the people: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as all the people refers to both men and women.

11:14c

until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.

They destroyed them all. They left no one alive.
They completely destroyed all of them. No one was left alive.

until they had completely destroyed them: The clause until they had completely destroyed them indicates that the Israelite army completed the task that Yahweh had given them through Moses.

not sparing anyone who breathed: The clause not sparing anyone who breathed indicates that the army killed every single person. The Hebrew text states this information three times using different words to emphasize that the Israelites obeyed Yahweh’s command to completely destroy their enemies.

General Comment on verses 11:12–14

In each of these verses, the object comes before the subject and the verb. The Hebrew text uses this word order to emphasize the object. In some languages this order may be difficult to understand. Use the natural grammatical or lexical means in your language to indicate this emphasis.

Parallel JOS 11:14

Section 11:1–15 The Israelites conquered the towns of northern Canaan

11:14a

11:14b

11:14c

General Comment on verses 11:12–14