KJV : When thou shalt besiege <06696> (8799) a city <05892> a long <07227> time <03117>, in making war <03898> (8736) against it to take <08610> (8800) it, thou shalt not destroy <07843> (8686) the trees <06086> thereof by forcing <05080> (8800) an axe <01631> against them: for thou mayest eat <0398> (8799) of them, and thou shalt not cut them down <03772> (8799) (for the tree <06086> of the field <07704> [is] man's <0120> [life]) to employ <0935> (8800) [them] in the siege <06440> <04692>: {for the...: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege} {to employ...: Heb. to go from before thee}

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NASB : "When you besiege a city a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you?

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NASB# : "When<3588> you besiege<6696> a city<5892> a long<7227> time<3117>, to make<3898> war<3898> against<5921> it in order to capture<8610> it, you shall not destroy<7843> its trees<6086> by swinging<5080> an axe<1631> against<5921> them; for you may eat<398> from them, and you shall not cut<3772> them down<3772>. For is the tree<6086> of the field<7704> a man<120>, that it should be besieged<4692> by you?