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


In Context

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.

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 Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

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

18 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh 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 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes: