Deuteronomy 3:7
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
Deuteronomy 3:7 in other translations
| BSB | But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves. |
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| WEB | But all the livestock, and the plunder of the cities, we took for plunder for ourselves. |
| ASV | But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves. |
| YLT | and all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we have spoiled for ourselves. |
| DARBY | But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves. |
| BBE | But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns. |
| Webster | But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. |
What does Deuteronomy 3:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:3-8
3-8. Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls. It was a war of extermination. Houses and cities were razed to the ground; all classes of people were put to the sword; and nothing was saved but the cattle, of which an immense amount fell as spoil into the hands of the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:1-11
Og was very powerful, but he did not take warning by the ruin of Sihon, and desire conditions of peace. He trusted his own strength, and so was hardened to his destruction. Those not awakened by the judgments of God on others, ripen for the like judgments on themselves.
Deuteronomy 3:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 3:7
- Deuteronomy 2:35
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
- Joshua 11:11-14
And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
- Joshua 8:27
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 3:6
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
- Deuteronomy 3:7
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
- Deuteronomy 3:8
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Deuteronomy 3:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomamos para nosotros todas las bestias, y los despojos de las ciudades. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et nous avons pillé pour nous toutes les bêtes, et le butin des villes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber alles Vieh und den Raub der Städte erbeuteten wir für uns. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | jumenta autem et spolia urbium diripuimus. |