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Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

KJV

fecitque sicut præceperat ei Dominus : equos eorum subnervavit, currusque combussit igni.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ Κύριος· τοὺς ἵππους αὐτῶν ἐνευροκόπησεν καὶ τὰ ἅρματα αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησεν ἐν πυρί.

LXX

And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ לָ/הֶם֙ יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָֽמַר ל֖/וֹ יְהוָ֑ה אֶת סוּסֵי/הֶ֣ם עִקֵּ֔ר וְ/אֶת מַרְכְּבֹתֵי/הֶ֖ם שָׂרַ֥ף בָּ/אֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 44×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יְעַקֵּ֤ר
y'qr
verb · 7×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
סוּסִ֖ים
svsym
noun · 141×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 8:4 — And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
  • Deut 20:1 — When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of
  • Josh 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with
  • Josh 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with
  • Nah 2:13 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of
  • Ps 46:9 — He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.