JOS 7:20 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἄχαρ τῷ Ἰησοῖ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἀληθῶς ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ· οὕτως καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησα.
(Kai apekrithaʸ Aⱪar tōi Yaʸsoi, kai eipen, alaʸthōs haʸmarton enantion Kuriou tou Theou Israaʸl; houtōs kai houtōs epoiaʸsa. )

BrTr And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:

ULT And Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel. And like this and like this I did:

UST Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God we Israelites worship. This is what I did:

BSB “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB Achan answered, ‘Truly I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did.

WEBBE Achan answered Joshua, and said, “I have truly sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way:

LSV And Achan answers Joshua and says, “Truly I have sinned against YHWH, God of Israel, and I have done thus and thus;

FBV “It's true!” Achan replied. “I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did.

T4T Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship.

LEB And Achan answered Joshua and said, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

BBE And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

Moff Achan answered, “Truly I have sinned against the Eternal, the God of Israel; this is what I did.

JPS And Achan answered Joshua, and said: 'Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

ASV And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

DRA And Achan answered Josue, and said to him: Indeed I have sinned against the Lord the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

YLT And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, 'Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done;

Drby And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the [fn]God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

7.20 Elohim

RV And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

SLT And Achan will answer Joshua and will say, Truly, I sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and according to this, and according to this I did.

Wbstr And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

KJB-1769 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

KJB-1611 And Achan answered Ioshua, and said, Indeed I haue sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus haue I done.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And Achan auswered Iosuah, & sayd: Of a trueth I haue sinned against the Lorde God of Israel, and thus & thus haue I done.
(And Achan auswered Yoshua, and said: Of a truth I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.)

Gnva And Achan answered Ioshua, and saide, In deede, I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus haue I done.
(And Achan answered Yoshua, and said, In deed, I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus have I done. )

Cvdl Then answered Achan vnto Iosua, and sayde: Verely I haue synned agaynst ye LORDE God of Israel, thus & thus haue I done:
(Then answered Achan unto Yoshua, and said: Verily/Truly I have sinned against ye/you_all LORD God of Israel, thus and thus have I done:)

Wycl And Achar answeryde to Josue, and seide to hym, Verily, Y synnede bifor the Lord God of Israel, and Y dide `so and so;
(And Achar answeryde to Yosue, and said to him, Verily/Truly, I sinned before the Lord God of Israel, and I did so and so;)

Luth Da antwortete Achan Josua und sprach: Wahrlich, ich habe mich versündiget an dem HErr’s, dem GOtt Israels; also und also habe ich getan.
(So replied Achan Yosua and spoke: Truly, I have me sinned at/to to_him LORD’s, to_him God Israels; also and also have I did.)

ClVg Responditque Achan Josue, et dixit ei: Vere ego peccavi Domino Deo Israël, et sic et sic feci.
(Responditque Achan Yosue, and he/she_said to_him: Vere I I_have_sinned Master to_God Israel, and so and so I_did. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–26 Achan sinned and God punished him

Achan disobeyed God. He took some of the things from Jericho that God told them to destroy. Because of his sin, the Israelites lost the battle against the town of Ai. Yahweh showed the Israelites that Achan was the one who had sinned, and they punished Achan.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The defeat at Ai

Achan’s sin

Paragraph 7:20–21

Achan confessed his sin.

7:20a

“It is true,” Achan replied,

¶ So Achan told Joshua: “Truly
¶ Then Achan answered: “It is true

The Hebrew conjugation that the BSB leaves untranslated but the some English versions translate as “and” introduces the next event in the storyline. Introduce this next event in a way that is most natural in your language.

It is true: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as It is true can also be translated:

truly (ESV)

Achan replied: Achan replied to Joshua’s warning.

7:20b

“I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel.

I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel.
that I have sinned against Yahweh, who is Israel’s God.

I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel: Achan acknowledged that he had sinned. This sin was against Yahweh, the God of Israel.

7:20c

This is what I did:

This is how I sinned:
I will describe my sin to you.

This is what I did: The Hebrew clause that the BSB translates as This is what I did is literally “and like this, and like this.” This is a Hebrew idiom. It indicates that what follows is his confession. Some English versions do not translate this clause. Translate it in a way that is natural in your language.

Parallel JOS 7:20

Section 7:1–26 Achan sinned and God punished him

Paragraph 7:20–21

7:20a

7:20b

7:20c