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Joshua 11:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 20 It was Jehovah who allowed their hearts to become stubborn+ so that they waged war against Israel, in order for him to devote them to destruction without any favorable consideration.+ They were to be annihilated, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.+

Joshua 11:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 20 For it proved to be Jehovah’s course to let their hearts become stubborn+ so as to declare war against Israel, in order that he might devote them to destruction, that they might come to have no favorable consideration,+ but in order that he might annihilate them, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.+

Joshua 11:20

The Bible in Living English
- 20 * because it was determined by Jehovah to make them headstrong to face the war with Israel in order that they might be destroyed without quarter and have no claim to mercy, because the purpose was to root them out as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

Joshua 11:20

American Standard Version
- 20 For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Joshua 11:20

The Emphasized Bible
- 20 For from Yahweh came it to pass that their heart was emboldened to come out to war with Israel, that he might devote them to destruction, that they might find no favour,—but that he might destroy them,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

Joshua 11:20

King James Version
- 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.