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Deuteronomy 20:20

20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.

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Deuteronomy 20:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 You may only cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to attack the enemy town until it falls.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, to build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 But you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build devices to attack the city walls, until the city is captured.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou mayest destroy and cut them down, and build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 You may destroy trees that you know are not fruit trees. You may cut them down and use them in your blockade until you capture the city. 

Deuteronomy 20:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce food. You may cut them down to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 You may destroy only the trees that you know do not produce food; you may cut them down for use in building siegeworks against the town that makes war with you, until it falls.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 Only the trees that you know are not fruit trees you may destroy and you may cut down, and you may build siege works against that city that is making war with you until it falls.”

Deuteronomy 20:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 But you can cut down trees that you know aren’t fruit trees. You can build war machines out of their wood. You can use them until you capture the city you are fighting against.

Deuteronomy 20:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 Only the trees which you know are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls.


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