Numbers 31:17

In 11 translations

BSB

So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

KJV

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.him: Heb. a male

WEB

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

ASV

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

LSV

And now, slay every male among the infants, indeed, slay every woman knowing a man by the lying of a male;

YLT

'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;

DBY

And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,

DRC

Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.

GNV

Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

JPS

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

LXXE

Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has known the lying with man.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְעַתָּ֕ה הִרְג֥וּ כָל־זָכָ֖ר בַּטָּ֑ף וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֗ה יֹדַ֥עַת אִ֛ישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּ֥ב זָכָ֖ר הֲרֹֽגוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ νῦν ἀποκτείνατε πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἀπαρτίᾳ, πᾶσαν γυναῖκα, ἥτις ἔγυω κοίτην ἄρσενος, ἀποκτείνατε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
• Deuteronomy 20:16–18However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. For you must devote them to complete destruction —the Hittites, Amorites,…
• Judges 21:11–12This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.” So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had…

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