Joshua 7:20

New Living Translation

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

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.

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:

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 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 Early the next morning Joshua brought the tribes of Israel before the Lord , and the tribe of Judah was singled out. ¹⁷ Then the clans of Judah came forward, and the clan of Zerah was singled out. Then the families of Zerah came forward, and the family of Zimri was singled out. ¹⁸ Every member of Zimri's family was brought forward person by person, and Achan was singled out. ¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord , the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don't hide it from me." ²⁰ Achan replied, "It is true! I have sinned against the Lord , the God of Israel. ²¹ Among the plunder I saw a beautiful robe from Babylon, 200 silver coins, and a bar of gold weighing more than a pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent, with the silver buried deeper than the rest." ²² So Joshua sent some men to make a search. They ran to the tent and found the stolen goods hidden there, just as Achan had said, with the silver buried beneath the rest. ²³ They took the things from the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites. Then they laid them on the ground in the presence of the Lord . ²⁴ Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, tent, and everything he had, and they brought them to the valley of Achor. ²⁵ Then Joshua said to Achan, "Why have you brought trouble on us? The Lord will now bring trouble on you." And all the Israelites stoned Achan and his family and burned their bodies.

Bible Verse Review
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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 clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23
Our worship of idols on the hills and our religious orgies on the mountains are a delusion. Only in the Lord our God will Israel ever find salvation.

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.