9When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.


In Context

6 Has anyone planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else enjoy it.

7 Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else marry her."

8 Then the officers shall add, "Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his brothers will not become disheartened too."

9 When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.

10 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace.

11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you.

Deuteronomy 20:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And when the captains of the army shall hold their peace, and have made an end of speaking, every man shall prepare their bands to fight.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9And it shall be, when the officers have ended speaking unto the people, that they shall place captains of the hosts at the head of the people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.