Deuteronomy 20:16

World English Bible (WEB)

But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

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14 but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

16 But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you;

18 that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against the LORD your God.

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Deuteronomy 20:16 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
KJV King James Version: But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
BSB Berean Standard Bible: However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
ASV American Standard Version: But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 'Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee [for] an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;
DBY Darby Translation: But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,
WBS Webster Bible: But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: