Joshua 7:20
New International Version
Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:

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

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

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

King James Bible
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD 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 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:

NASB 1995
So Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

NASB 1977
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:

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:

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:

Holman 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:

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:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Akar Answered and said to Yeshua: “Truly I have sinned against LORD JEHOVAH God of Israel, and thus I have done

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:

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

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.

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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Achan answered Joshua, "It's true. I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel. 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.

International Standard Version
Achan answered Joshua, "It's true. I'm the one who sinned against the LORD God of Israel.

JPS Tanakh 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.

Literal Standard Version
And Achan answers Joshua and says, “Truly I have sinned against YHWH, God of Israel, and I have done thus and thus;

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

New American Bible
Achan answered Joshua, “I have indeed sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:

NET Bible
Achan told Joshua, "It is true. I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel in this way:

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

New Heart English Bible
Achan answered Joshua, and said, "I have truly sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what 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, “I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.

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;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Sin of Achan
19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did: 21When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”…

Cross References
Joshua 7:19
So Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me."

Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."


Treasury of Scripture

And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

Indeed

Genesis 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Exodus 10:16
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

1 Samuel 15:24,30
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice…

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6. Joshua's complaint
10. God instructs him what to do
16. Achan is taken by the lot
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“It is true,”
אָמְנָ֗ה (’ā·mə·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's 546: Verily, truly, indeed

Achan
עָכָ֛ן (‘ā·ḵān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5912: Achan -- an Israelite name

replied,
וַיַּ֧עַן (way·ya·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

“I
אָנֹכִ֤י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

have sinned
חָטָ֙אתִי֙ (ḥā·ṭā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

against the LORD,
לַֽיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the God
אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

This
וְכָזֹ֥את (wə·ḵā·zōṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

is what I did:
עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ (‘ā·śî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make


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