Deuteronomy 20:12

In 11 translations

BSB

But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And if it does not make peace with you, and has made war with you, then you have laid siege against it,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

But if it will make no peace with thee, but make war against thee, then shalt thou besiege it.

JPS

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

LXXE

But if they will not hearken to thee, but wage war against thee, thou shalt invest it;

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WLC

וְאִם־לֹ֤א תַשְׁלִים֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ וְעָשְׂתָ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ מִלְחָמָ֑ה וְצַרְתָּ֖ עָלֶֽיהָּ׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.Marks an anomalous form.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ὑπακούσωσί σοι, καὶ ποιῶσι πρὸς σὲ πόλεμον, περικαθιεῖς αὐτὴν,

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