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Numbers 21:2
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KJ21
And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, “If Thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
ASV
And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
AMP
So Israel made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed hand over these people to me, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
AMPC
And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
BRG
And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
CSB
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord, “If you will hand this people over to us, we will completely destroy their cities.”
CSBA
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord, ‘If you will hand this people over to us, we will completely destroy their cities.’
CEB
Then Israel made a solemn promise to the Lord and said, “If you give this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their city.”
CJB
Isra’el made a vow to Adonai, “If you will hand this people over to me, I will completely destroy their cities.”
CEV
The Israelites prayed, “Our Lord, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you.”
DARBY
Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
DRA
But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said: It thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will utterly destroy their cities.
ERV
Then the Israelites made a special promise to the Lord: “Please help us defeat these people. If you do this, we will give their cities to you. We will totally destroy them.”
EASY
The Israelites made this promise to the Lord: ‘If you put these people under our power, we will destroy their towns for you.’
EHV
Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will indeed give these people into our hands, then we will totally destroy their cities.”
ESV
And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”
ESVUK
And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”
EXB
Then the Israelites made ·this promise [a vow] to the Lord: “If you will ·help us defeat these people [L give this people into our hands], we will ·completely destroy [devote to the Lord] their cities.”
GNV
So Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver and give this people into mine hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
GW
Then the Israelites made this vow to the Lord: “If you will hand these people over to us, we’ll destroy their cities because you’ve claimed them.”
GNT
Then the Israelites made a vow to the Lord: “If you will let us conquer these people, we will unconditionally dedicate them and their cities to you and will destroy them.”
HCSB
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord, “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their cities.”
ICB
Then the Israelites made this promise to the Lord: “If you will help us defeat these people, we will completely destroy their cities.”
ISV
Then Israel made this vow in the Lord’s presence: “If you give these people into our control, we intend to devote their cities to total destruction.”
JUB
Then Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
KJV
And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
AKJV
And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
LSB
So Israel made a vow to Yahweh and said, “If You will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”
LEB
Israel made a vow to Yahweh, and they said, “If you will surely give this people into our hand, then we will destroy their cities.”
TLB
Then the people of Israel vowed to the Lord that if he would help them conquer the king of Arad and his people, they would completely annihilate all the cities of that area.
MSG
Israel vowed a vow to God: “If you will give this people into our power, we’ll destroy their towns and present the ruins to you as a holy destruction.”
MEV
Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
NOG
Then the Israelites made this vow to Yahweh: “If you will hand these people over to us, we’ll destroy their cities because you’ve claimed them.”
NABRE
Israel then made this vow to the Lord: “If you deliver this people into my hand, I will put their cities under the ban.”
NASB
So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed hand over this people to me, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
NASB1995
So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
NCB
Israel made a vow to the Lord saying, “If you will deliver this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their cities!”
NCV
Then the Israelites made this promise to the Lord: “If you will help us defeat these people, we will completely destroy their cities.”
NET
So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities.”
NIRV
Then Israel made a promise to the Lord. They said, “Hand these people over to us. If you do, we will set their cities apart to you in a special way to be destroyed.”
NIV
Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.”
NIVUK
Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: ‘If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.’
NKJV
So Israel made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
NLV
So Israel made a promise to the Lord, and said, “If You will give this people into my hand, I will destroy every part of their cities.”
NLT
Then the people of Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
NRSVA
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, ‘If you will indeed give this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their towns.’
NRSVACE
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, ‘If you will indeed give this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their towns.’
NRSVCE
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their towns.”
NRSVUE
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into our hands, then we will utterly destroy their towns.”
OJB
And Yisroel vowed a neder unto Hashem, and said, If Thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
RGT
So Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If You will deliver and give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
RSV
And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, “If thou wilt indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
RSVCE
And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, “If thou wilt indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
TLV
Then Israel vowed to Adonai and stated, “If you deliver this people into our hand, we will put their cities under the ban of destruction!”
VOICE
Israelites (vowing to the Lord): We pledge to You that if You help us win against these people, we will dedicate every last one of them to You and completely destroy their towns.
WEB
Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
WYC
And Israel bound himself by a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou shalt betake this people in(to) mine hand, I shall do away their cities. (And the Israelites bound themselves with a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou shalt deliver these people into our hands, we shall do away their cities.)
YLT
And Israel voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities;'
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