Verse (Click for Chapter) Berean Study BibleBut you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls. King James Bible Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. American Standard Version Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall. Darby Bible Translation Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou mayest destroy and cut them down, and build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall. Douay-Rheims Bible But if there be any trees that are not fruitful, but wild, and fit for other uses, cut them down, and make engines, until thou take the city, which fighteth against thee. English Revised Version Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall. Young's Literal Translation Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it is not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it. Deuteronomy 20:20 /deuteronomy/20-20.htm">Deuteronomy 20:20 /deuteronomy/20-20.htm">Deuteronomy 20:20 |