Joshua 10:40

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So hua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    So Joshua defeated all the land: the mountain country, the South, the lowland, and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus Iosua smote all the londe vpon the mountaynes, and towarde the south, and in the lowe countrees, and by the ryuers, with all their kynges, and let not one remaine ouer and damned all that had breth, as the LORDE God of Israel had commaunded.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So Ioshua smote all the hill countreys, & the South countreys, and the valleys, & the hill sides, and all their Kings, and let none remaine, but vtterly destroyed euery soule, as the Lorde God of Israel had commanded.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Iosuah therfore smote al the hil countreyes, and the south countreyes, & the valleyes, and the downes, and al their kinges, and let none remayne of them, but vtterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lorde God of Israel commaunded.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So Joshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Joshua smiteth all the land of the hill-country, and of the south, and of the low-country, and of the springs, and all their kings -- he hath not left a remnant, and all that doth breathe he hath devoted, as Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So Joshua overcame all the land, the hill-country and the South and the lowland and the mountain slopes, and all their kings; all were put to death: and every living thing he gave up to the curse, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:2-9 : 2 and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy. 3 Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4 because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the LORD's anger will burn against you, and He will quickly destroy you. 5 Instead, this is what you must do to them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire. 6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your ancestors, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of steadfast love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. 10 But He repays those who hate Him to their face to destroy them. He will not delay to repay those who hate Him; He will repay them to their face. 11 Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances that I am giving you today to follow. 12 And it will happen that because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and obey them, the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love that He swore to your ancestors. 13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land—your grain, your new wine, and your fresh oil—the young of your livestock and the calves of your herds in the land that He swore to your ancestors to give you. 14 You will be blessed above all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you, whether in men, women, or your livestock. 15 The LORD will remove all sickness from you. He will not inflict on you the terrible diseases of Egypt that you knew, but He will lay them on all who hate you. 16 You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
  • Deut 7:24 : 24 He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under the heavens. No one will be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
  • Deut 20:16-17 : 16 But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. 17 Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.
  • Deut 26:16-17 : 16 Today the LORD your God commands you to follow these statutes and judgments; therefore, you must be careful to keep them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 Today you have declared that the LORD will be your God, that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commandments, and judgments, and obey His voice.
  • Josh 6:17 : 17 The city and all within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and those with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers we sent.
  • Josh 8:2 : 2 "Do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. However, you may take its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city, behind it."
  • Josh 8:27 : 27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He commanded Joshua.
  • Josh 9:24 : 24 They answered Joshua, 'Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you this entire land and destroy all its inhabitants before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.'
  • Josh 10:35 : 35 They captured it that same day and struck it down with the edge of the sword. They completely destroyed every person in it, just as they had done to Lachish.
  • Josh 10:37 : 37 They captured it and struck it down with the edge of the sword, including its king, its villages, and every person in it. He left no survivors, just as he had done to Eglon. He utterly destroyed the city and everyone in it.
  • Josh 12:8 : 8 It included the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  • Josh 15:21-63 : 21 The southernmost cities of the tribe of the descendants of Judah toward the boundary of Edom in the Negev were Kabzeel, Eder, and Jagur. 22 Kinah, Dimonah, and Adadah. 23 Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan. 24 Ziph, Telem, and Bealoth. 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor). 26 Amam, Shema, and Moladah. 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, and Beth-pelet. 28 Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah. 29 Baalah, Iim, and Ezem. 30 Eltolad, Chesil, and Hormah. 31 Ziklag, Madmannah, and Sansannah. 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—all in total, twenty-nine cities with their villages. 33 In the lowland: Eshtaol, Zorah, and Ashnah. 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam. 35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah. 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen cities with their villages. 37 Zenan, Hadashah, and Migdal-gad. 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, and Joktheel. 39 Lachish, Bozkath, and Eglon. 40 Cabbon, Lahmas, and Kithlish. 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities with their villages. 42 Libnah, Ether, and Ashan. 43 Jiphtah, Ashnah, and Nezib. 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities with their villages. 45 Ekron with its towns and villages. 46 From Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod with their villages. 47 Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea and its boundaries. 48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh. 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir). 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, and Anim. 51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities with their villages. 52 Arab, Rumah, and Eshan. 53 Janum, Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah. 54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities with their villages. 55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah. 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, and Zanoah. 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities with their villages. 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor. 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities with their villages. 60 Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah—two cities with their villages. 61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah. 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities with their villages. 63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the descendants of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebusites live with the descendants of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Josh 18:21-19:8 : 21 The cities of the tribe of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz. 22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel, 23 Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah, 24 Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities with their villages. 25 Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath—fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, divided according to their families. 1 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon by their families. Their inheritance was within the inheritance of the descendants of Judah. 2 In their inheritance, they had Beersheba, Sheba, and Moladah, 3 Hazar-shual, Balah, and Azem, 4 Eltolad, Bethul, and Hormah, 5 Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 6 Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities with their villages. 7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities with their villages, 8 and all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon by their families.
  • Josh 19:40-48 : 40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families. 41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, and Ithlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, and Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, 46 and the waters of Jarkon and Rakkon, along the border opposite Joppa. 47 The border of the descendants of Dan went beyond them. So the descendants of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, struck it with the sword, took possession of it, and settled there. They renamed Leshem as Dan, after the name of their ancestor Dan. 48 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families—the cities and their villages.
  • 1 Kgs 15:29 : 29 As soon as Baasha became king, he killed the entire house of Jeroboam. He did not leave a single soul alive, utterly destroying them, in accordance with the word of the LORD spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are trapped by the work of their hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 and to give relief to you who are troubled, along with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels. 8 In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.
  • Exod 23:31-33 : 31 I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me, because if you worship their gods, it will become a snare to you.
  • Exod 34:12 : 12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst.
  • Deut 1:7 : 7 Turn and set out on your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors—the Arabah, the hill country, the lowlands, the Negev, and the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 10:35-39
    5 verses
    85%

    35They captured it that same day and struck it down with the edge of the sword. They completely destroyed every person in it, just as they had done to Lachish.

    36Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.

    37They captured it and struck it down with the edge of the sword, including its king, its villages, and every person in it. He left no survivors, just as he had done to Eglon. He utterly destroyed the city and everyone in it.

    38Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned back to Debir and fought against it.

    39They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.

  • Josh 11:6-21
    16 verses
    84%

    6The LORD said to Joshua, 'Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots in the fire.'

    7So Joshua and all his warriors came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom and attacked them.

    8The LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them as far as Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpeh to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

    9Joshua did to them as the LORD had instructed: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots in the fire.

    10At that time, Joshua turned back and captured Hazor, striking its king with the sword. Hazor had formerly been the head of all these kingdoms.

    11They struck down everyone in the city with the sword, completely destroying them. Not a single living thing was left, and Joshua burned Hazor with fire.

    12Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and their kings as well. He struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

    13However, Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except for Hazor, which Joshua burned.

    14The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.

    15As the LORD had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did as instructed. He left nothing undone from all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

    16So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, the Arabah, and the hill country and lowlands of Israel.

    17He captured the area from Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir, to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, struck them down, and put them to death.

    18Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.

    19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.

    20For it was the LORD's purpose to harden their hearts to engage in battle with Israel, so that they would be utterly destroyed, receiving no mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    21At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.

  • Josh 10:41-42
    2 verses
    83%

    41Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the entire region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

    42Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

  • Josh 10:30
    83%

    30The LORD gave Libnah into Israel's hands, along with its king. Joshua put the city and everyone in it to the sword, leaving no survivors. He treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 10:28
    78%

    28That same day, Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He treated the king of Makkedah as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 10:20
    77%

    20So Joshua and the Israelites completely defeated them with a great slaughter, almost wiping them out. But a few survivors managed to retreat to their fortified cities.

  • Josh 8:26-27
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    26Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he had stretched out the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

    27Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He commanded Joshua.

  • Deut 20:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

    17Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Deut 31:4
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    4And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

  • Josh 10:10
    76%

    10And the LORD threw them into panic before Israel, and Joshua and his forces inflicted a great defeat on them at Gibeon. They pursued them along the road to the Beth-horon ascent and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

  • Josh 6:21
    75%

    21They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.

  • Josh 11:23
    74%

    23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the LORD had promised to Moses, and gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 10:24
    74%

    24When they brought out these kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the warriors who had gone with him, 'Come forward and put your feet on the necks of these kings.' So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks.

  • Num 21:35
    74%

    35So they struck down Og, his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors. Then they took possession of his land.

  • Josh 12:7-8
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    7Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, rising toward Seir. Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as an inheritance, according to their divisions.

    8It included the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  • Josh 5:1
    73%

    1When all the kings of the Amorites west of the Jordan and all the kings of the Canaanites by the sea heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan to allow the Israelites to cross, their hearts melted, and they lost all courage because of the Israelites.

  • Josh 10:33
    73%

    33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his people, leaving no survivors.

  • Deut 2:34
    73%

    34At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.

  • Josh 8:22
    73%

    22The others came out from the city to meet them, so the men of Ai were surrounded by the Israelites, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivors or fugitives were left.