16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:


In Context

13 And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall smite every male thereof 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 thereof, shall you take to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

15 Thus shall you 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 people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:

17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:

18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so should you sin against the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 20:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16But of the cities of these peoples, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee for an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;