Joshua 6:17,21 - Compare All Versions
Joshua 6:17 NIV (New International Version)
The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.
Joshua 6:21 NIV (New International Version)
They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
Joshua 6:17 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
Joshua 6:21 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 6:17 NLT (New Living Translation)
Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed as an offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.
Joshua 6:21 NLT (New Living Translation)
They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.
Joshua 6:17 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
But the city and everything in it are set apart to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone with her in the house will live, because she hid the messengers we sent.
Joshua 6:21 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
They completely destroyed everything in the city with the sword — every man and woman, both young and old, and every ox, sheep, and donkey.
Joshua 6:17 KJV (King James Version)
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua 6:21 KJV (King James Version)
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 6:17 NKJV (New King James Version)
Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua 6:21 NKJV (New King James Version)
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 6:15-17 MSG (The Message)
When the seventh day came, they got up early and marched around the city this same way but seven times—yes, this day they circled the city seven times. On the seventh time around the priests blew the trumpets and Joshua signaled the people, “Shout!—GOD has given you the city! The city and everything in it is under a holy curse and offered up to GOD. “Except for Rahab the harlot—she is to live, she and everyone in her house with her, because she hid the agents we sent.
Joshua 6:21 MSG (The Message)
They put everything in the city under the holy curse, killing man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey.
Joshua 6:17 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
But the city shall be designated for destruction, it and everything that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
Joshua 6:21 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 6:17 AMP (Amplified Bible)
The city and everything that is in it shall be under the ban [that is, designated to be destroyed as a form of tribute] to the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all [the people] who are with her in her house shall [be allowed to] live, because she hid and protected the messengers (scouts) whom we sent.
Joshua 6:21 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Then they utterly destroyed everything that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 6:17 NET (New English Translation)
The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the LORD, except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies we sent.
Joshua 6:21 NET (New English Translation)
They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.