Joshua 7:20

Complete Jewish Bible

‘Akhan answered Y'hoshua, "It is true: I have sinned against Adonai , the God of Isra'el. Here is exactly what I did:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Achan replied to Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

Hebrew Names Version
`Akhan answered Yehoshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, and thus and thus have I done:

King James Version
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

Lexham English Bible
And Achan answered Joshua and said, "It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

English Standard Version
And Achan answered Joshua, "Truly I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did:

New Century Version
Achan answered, "It is true! I have sinned against the Lord , the God of Israel. This is what I did:

New English Translation
Achan told Joshua, "It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way:

Amplified Bible
So Achan answered Joshua and said, "In truth, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

New American Standard Bible
So Achan answered Joshua and said, "Truly, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Achan answered Ioshua, and saide, In deede, I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus haue I done.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Achan answered Joshua and said, "Truly, I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

Contemporary English Version
"It's true," Achan answered. "I sinned and disobeyed the Lord God of Israel.

Darby Translation
And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

Easy-to-Read Version
Achan answered, "It is true! I sinned against the Lord , the God of Israel. This is what I did:

George Lamsa Translation
Achar answered Joshua, and said, Truly I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this is what I did:

Good News Translation
"It's true," Achan answered. "I have sinned against the Lord , Israel's God, and this is what I did.

Literal Translation
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and this I have done:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then answered Achan vnto Iosua, and sayde: Verely I haue synned agaynst ye LORDE God of Israel, thus & thus haue I done:

American Standard Version
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

Bible in Basic English
And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Achan auswered Iosuah, & sayd: Of a trueth I haue sinned against the Lorde God of Israel, and thus & thus haue I done.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Achan answered Joshua, and said: 'Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

King James Version (1611)
And Achan answered Ioshua, and said, Indeed I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus haue I done.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:

English Revised Version
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

Berean Standard Bible
"It is true," Achan replied, "I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Achar answeryde to Josue, and seide to hym, Verily, Y synnede bifor the Lord God of Israel, and Y dide `so and so;

Young's Literal Translation
And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, `Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done;

Update Bible Version
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

World English Bible
Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

New King James Version
And Achan answered Joshua and said, "Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

New Living Translation
Achan replied, "It is true! I have sinned against the Lord , the God of Israel.

New Life Bible
Achan answered Joshua, saying, "It is true. I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did.

New Revised Standard
And Achan answered Joshua, "It is true; I am the one who sinned against the Lord God of Israel. This is what I did:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Achan answered Joshua and said, - Of a truth, I, have sinned against Yahweh God of Israel, and, thus and thus, have I done:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Achan answered Josue, and said to him: Indeed I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

Revised Standard Version
And Achan answered Joshua, "Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this is what I did:

THE MESSAGE
Achan answered Joshua, "It's true. I sinned against God , the God of Israel. This is how I did it. In the plunder I spotted a beautiful Shinar robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a fifty-shekel bar of gold, and I coveted and took them. They are buried in my tent with the silver at the bottom."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Achan answered Joshua and said, "Truly, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ So Y'hoshua got up early in the morning and had Isra'el come forward, one tribe at a time; and the tribe of Y'hudah was taken. ¹⁷ He had the families of Y'hudah come forward and took the family of the Zarchi. He had the Zarchi family come forward by household leaders, and Zavdi was taken. ¹⁸ He had his household come forward, one person at a time; and ‘Akhan the son of Karmi, the son of Zavdi, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Y'hudah, was taken. ¹⁹ Y'hoshua said to ‘Akhan, "My son, swear to Adonai , the God of Isra'el, that you will tell the truth and confess to him. Tell me, now, what did you do? Don't hide anything from me." ²⁰ ‘Akhan answered Y'hoshua, "It is true: I have sinned against Adonai , the God of Isra'el. Here is exactly what I did: ²¹ when I saw there with the spoil a beautiful robe from Shin‘ar, five pounds of silver shekels and a one-and-a-quarter-pound wedge of gold, I really wanted them. So I took them. You will find them hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath." ²² Y'hoshua sent messengers, who ran to the tent. It was all there, hidden in his tent, including the silver underneath. ²³ They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Y'hoshua and all the people of Isra'el, and put them down before Adonai . ²⁴ Y'hoshua, together with all Isra'el, took ‘Akhan, the son of Zerach, with the silver, the robe, the gold wedge, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and everything he had, and brought them up to the Akhor Valley. ²⁵ Y'hoshua said, "Why have you brought trouble on us? Today Adonai will bring trouble on you!" Then all Isra'el stoned him to death; they burned them to ashes and stoned them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Indeed: Genesis 42:21, Exodus 10:16, Numbers 22:34, 1 Samuel 15:24, 1 Samuel 15:30, Job 7:20, Job 33:27, Psalms 38:18, Matthew 27:4

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:1 - committed Joshua 7:11 - Israel Jonah 1:12 - for Matthew 13:22 - the care Matthew 26:9 - General Luke 23:41 - we indeed

Cross-References

Psalms 104:6
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23
Indeed the hills have proved a delusion, likewise the orgies on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Isra'el is in Adonai our God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Achan answered Joshua, and said,.... He made a free and open confession of his sin:

indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel; against him who had been so good to Israel in many instances, and particularly in delivering Jericho into their hands in so extraordinary a manner; against a law of his, respecting the spoil of that city, which sin was the more aggravated thereby; and that he had committed the sin he was taken for and charged with, he owns was a true and real fact:

and thus and thus have I done; such and such things have I taken, and in the manner as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 7:20. I have sinned against the Lord God — This seems a very honest and hearty confession, and there is hope that this poor culprit escaped perdition.