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Douay-Rheims
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When thou hast besieged a city a long time, and hath compassed it with bulwarks, to take it, thou shalt not cut down the trees that may be eaten of, neither shalt thou spoil the country round about with axes: for it is a tree, and not a man, neither can it increase the number of them that fight against thee.
King James
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When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Louis Second
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Si tu fais un long siège pour t'emparer d'une ville avec laquelle tu es en guerre, tu ne détruiras point les arbres en y portant la hache, tu t'en nourriras et tu ne les abattras point; car l'arbre des champs est-il un homme pour être assiégé par toi
Martin Luther
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Wenn du vor einer Stadt lange Zeit liegen mußt, wider die du streitest, sie zu erobern, so sollst du die Bäume nicht verderben, daß du mit Äxten dran fahrest; denn du kannst davon essen, darum sollst du sie nicht ausrotten. Ist's doch Holz auf dem Felde und nicht Mensch, daß es vor dir ein Bollwerk sein möge.
Vulgate
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quando obsederis civitatem multo tempore et munitionibus circumdederis ut expugnes eam non succides arbores de quibus vesci potest nec securibus per circuitum debes vastare regionem quoniam lignum est et non homo nec potest bellantium contra te augere numerum

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


quando : (interr.) when si quando : if ever.
multo : by much, by far, by a great deal, by a lot.
multo : torment, fine, distrain.
ut : (+ subj.) (result) so that, that.
ut : (+ subj.) (purpose) in order that, to, that.
ut : (+ indic.) when, as.
ut : (+ subj.) (command) to, that.
non : not.
de : (prep. + abl.) down from, from, concerning, about.
quibus : (neut. pl. abl.) the arms WITH WHICH he won Rome.
quibus : (neut. pl. dat.) the crimes FOR WHICH he was executed.
quibus : (masc. pl. dat.) the monastery IN WHICH he was intered.
quibus : (masc. pl. abl.) his sons, BY WHOM he was attacked when old.
quibus : (fem. pl. abl.) the beards, BY WHICH the pirates were known.
quibus : (fem. pl. dat.) the good fortune, TO WHICH he owed his crown.
nec : conj, and not.
per : (prefix to an adjective) very, excessively, quite.
per : (+ acc.) (of time) throughout, during, in the course of.
per : (+ acc.) (of space) through, along, over / in the presence of.
per : (+ acc.) (cause) because of, on account of.
per : (+ acc.) (means/instrument) through, with, by, by means of.
quoniam : since, whereas, because.
contra : (+ acc.) against.
te : (acc.) you /i got YOU, babe.
te : (abl.) you /no one's sweeter than YOU.