Joshua 7:20

Green's Literal Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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;

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

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

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.

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:

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.

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:

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.

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.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

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 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:

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:

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ And Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel near by its tribes. And the tribe of Judah was taken. ¹⁷ And he brought the family of Judah near; and he took the family of the Zerahites. And he brought near the family of the Zerahites by men, and Zabdi was taken. ¹⁸ And he brought near his household by men, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. ¹⁹ And Joshua said to Achan, My son, now give glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and give thanks to Him, and please tell me what you have done. Do not hide it from me. ²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and this I have done: ²¹ When I saw among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold, one of fifty shekels in weight, then I lusted after them, and took them. And behold, they of my tent, and the silver under it. ²² And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it. ²³ And they took them out of the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and laid them out before Jehovah. ²⁴ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he had. And they madethem go up to the valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, How you have troubled us! Jehovah shall trouble you today! And all Israel threw stones at him, and they burned them with fire, and they stoned them with stones.

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 have covered the deep as with a robe; the waters stood above the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23
Truly, for delusion comes from the hills, tumult on the mountains. Truly, in Jehovah 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.