17 “Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

17 “Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.

17 “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it,

17 “Or I might bring a war against that country. I might say, ‘Let a war be fought in that land,’ in this way destroying its people and its animals.

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

17 Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,

17 “Suppose I bring a war against that country by saying, ‘I will let a war go throughout this country.’ Suppose I destroy the people and the animals in it.

17 “Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out both man and animal from it,

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Let a sword pass through the land,” and I cut off human beings and animals from it;

17 Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, ‘Sword, let it cross over into the land!’ And I will cut off from it both human and animal.

17 “Or suppose I send swords to kill the people in that country. And I say, ‘Let swords sweep all through the land.’ And I kill its people and their animals.

17 “Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,’