12If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:


In Context

9 It 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.

10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

11 It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

13 and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

14 but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 20:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:12If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:12But if they will not make peace, and shall begin war against thee, thou shalt besiege it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12'And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it: