Joshua 6:21

And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

And they utterly destroyed {H2763} all that was in the city {H5892}, both man {H376} and woman {H802}, young {H5288} and old {H2205}, and ox {H7794}, and sheep {H7716}, and ass {H2543}, with the edge {H6310} of the sword {H2719}.

They completely destroyed everything in the city with the sword - men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 48:18 (3 votes)

    Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from [thy] glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, [and] he shall destroy thy strong holds.

  • Psalms 137:8 (3 votes)

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

  • Psalms 137:9 (3 votes)

    Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

  • Deuteronomy 7:16 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

  • Joshua 10:39 (2 votes)

    And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

  • Deuteronomy 7:2 (2 votes)

    And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

  • Deuteronomy 7:3 (2 votes)

    Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.