Joshua 7:20

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:

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 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.

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 Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken. ¹⁷ He brought near the clans of Judah, and the clan of the Zerahites was taken; and he brought near the clan of the Zerahites, family by family, and Zabdi was taken. ¹⁸ And he brought near his household one by one, and Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. ¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me." ²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua, "It is true; I am the one who sinned against the Lord God of Israel. This is what I did: ²¹ when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. They now lie hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath." ²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. ²³ They took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites; and they spread them out before the Lord . ²⁴ Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, with the silver, the mantle, and the bar of gold, with his sons and daughters, with his oxen, donkeys, and sheep, and his tent and all that he had; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor. ²⁵ Joshua said, "Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord is bringing trouble on you today." And all Israel stoned him to death; they burned them with fire, cast stones on them,

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 cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23
Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

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.