NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Only the trees`ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. which thou knowest yada` (yaw-dah') to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially that they be not trees `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. for meat ma'akal (mah-ak-awl') an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit) -- food, fruit, (bake-) meat(-s), victual. thou shalt destroy shachath (shaw-khath') to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r). and cut them down karath (kaw-rath') to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant and thou shalt build banah (baw-naw') to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely. bulwarks matsowr (maw-tsore') something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness against the city `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. that maketh `asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application war milchamah (mil-khaw-maw') a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare) -- battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior). with thee until it be subdued yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "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. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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." International Standard Version However, you may cut down the trees whose fruit you know isn't edible, in order to build siege works against the city that waged war with you, until it falls." NET Bible However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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. King James 2000 Bible Only the trees which you know will not be trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued. Links Deuteronomy 20:20Deuteronomy 20:20 NIV Deuteronomy 20:20 NLT Deuteronomy 20:20 ESV Deuteronomy 20:20 NASB Deuteronomy 20:20 KJV |
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