Joshua Chapter 11 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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BBE Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did to them as the Lord had said to him; he had the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.
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DARBY Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
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KJV Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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WBT Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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WEB Joshua 11:9

Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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YLT Joshua 11:9

and Joshua doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt with fire.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) He houghed their horses.--In what particular way this was done we are not informed; we cannot, therefore, be certain whether it was done so as to destroy the lives of the horses, or merely to make them useless for purposes of warfare.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelitestreatedוַיַּ֤עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6213: To do, makethem asכַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatthe LORDיְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelhad told him;אָֽמַר־ (’ā·mar-)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayhe hamstrungעִקֵּ֔ר (‘iq·qêr)Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6131: To pluck up, to hamstring, to exterminatetheir horsesסוּסֵיהֶ֣ם (sū·sê·hem)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)and burned upשָׂרַ֥ף (śā·rap̄)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 8313: To be, on firetheir chariots.מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (mar·kə·ḇō·ṯê·hem)Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 4818: A chariotJump to PreviousBade Burned Burnt Chariots Cut Directed Hamstrung Hocked Horses Houghed Joshua Leg-Muscles War-Carriages