Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּֽי־ kî- When Conj 6696 [e] תָצ֣וּר ṯā-ṣūr you lay siege V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 5892 [e] עִיר֩ ‘îr a city N-fs 3117 [e] יָמִ֨ים yā-mîm days N-mp 7227 [e] רַבִּ֜ים rab-bîm many Adj-mp 3898 [e] לְֽהִלָּחֵ֧ם lə-hil-lā-ḥêm while making war Prep-l | V-Nifal-Inf 5921 [e] עָלֶ֣יהָ ‘ā-le-hā against it Prep | 3fs 8610 [e] לְתָפְשָׂ֗הּ lə-ṯā-p̄ə-śāh to capture it Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf | 3fs 3808 [e] לֹֽא־ lō- not Adv-NegPrt 7843 [e] תַשְׁחִ֤ית ṯaš-ḥîṯ you shall destroy V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 6086 [e] עֵצָהּ֙ ‘ê-ṣāh its trees N-msc | 3fs 5080 [e] לִנְדֹּ֤חַ lin-dō-aḥ by wielding Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 5921 [e] עָלָיו֙ ‘ā-lāw against them Prep | 3ms 1631 [e] גַּרְזֶ֔ן gar-zen an ax N-ms 3588 [e] כִּ֚י kî If Conj 4480 [e] מִמֶּ֣נּוּ mim-men-nū of them Prep | 3ms 398 [e] תֹאכֵ֔ל ṯō-ḵêl you can eat V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 853 [e] וְאֹת֖וֹ wə-’ō-ṯōw and them Conj-w | DirObjM | 3ms 3808 [e] לֹ֣א lō not Adv-NegPrt 3772 [e] תִכְרֹ֑ת ṯiḵ-rōṯ do cut down V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 3588 [e] כִּ֤י kî for Conj 120 [e] הָֽאָדָם֙ hā-’ā-ḏām a man Art | N-ms 6086 [e] עֵ֣ץ ‘êṣ [is] the tree N-msc 7704 [e] הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה haś-śā-ḏeh of the field Art | N-ms 935 [e] לָבֹ֥א lā-ḇō to use Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 6440 [e] מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ mip-pā-ne-ḵā in the face Prep-m | N-cpc | 2ms 4692 [e] בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ bam-mā-ṣō-wr of the siege Prep-b, Art | N-ms

Berean Study Bible
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

Young's Literal Translation
‘When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down—for man’s [is] the tree of the field—to go in at thy presence in the siege.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“ When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it in order to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can get food from them. You must not cut them down. Are trees of the field human, to come under siege by you ?

New American Standard Bible
"When you besiege a city a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you?

King James Bible
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field [is] man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege: Deuteronomy 20:19 • Deuteronomy 20:19 NIV • Deuteronomy 20:19 NLT • Deuteronomy 20:19 ESV • Deuteronomy 20:19 NASB • Deuteronomy 20:19 KJV • Deuteronomy 20:19 Biblia Paralela • Deuteronomy 20:19 Chinese Bible • Deuteronomy 20:19 French Bible • Deuteronomy 20:19 German Bible

Bible Hub