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| Judges 20:1 | Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. | Then all the children of Israel went out and gathered together as one man from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha: | Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. |
| Judges 20:2 | And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. | And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war. | The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword. |
| Judges 20:3 | (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? | (Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And the Levite the husband of the woman that was killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had been committed, | (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass? |
| Judges 20:4 | And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. | Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged: | The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. |
| Judges 20:5 | And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. | And behold the men of that city in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me, and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust, so that at last she died. | The men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead. |
| Judges 20:6 | And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. | And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the, parts into all the borders of your possession: because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel. | I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. |
| Judges 20:7 | Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. | You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do. | Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel. |
| Judges 20:8 | And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. | And all the people standing, answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, neither shall any one of us go into his own house: | All the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house. |
| Judges 20:9 | But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; | But this we will do in common against Gabaa: | But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot; |
| Judges 20:10 | And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. | We will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring victuals for the army, that we might fight against Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what it deserveth. | and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel. |
| Judges 20:11 | So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. | And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel: | So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. |
| Judges 20:12 | And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? | And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you? | The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you? |
| Judges 20:13 | Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel: | Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel: | Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the children of Israel. |
| Judges 20:14 | But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. | But out of all the cities which were of their lot, they gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of Israel. | The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. |
| Judges 20:15 | And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. | And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa, | The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men. |
| Judges 20:16 | Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. | Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by the stone's going on either side. | Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss. |
| Judges 20:17 | And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. | Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight. | The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war. |
| Judges 20:18 | And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. | And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader. | The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said, Judah [shall go up] first. |
| Judges 20:19 | And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. | And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa: | The children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. |
| Judges 20:20 | And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. | And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city. | The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah. |
| Judges 20:21 | And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. | And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men. | The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men. |
| Judges 20:22 | And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. | Again Israel trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before: | The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day. |
| Judges 20:23 | (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) | Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle. | The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh said, Go up against him. |
| Judges 20:24 | And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. | And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin, | The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. |
| Judges 20:25 | And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. | The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them made so great a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword. | Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. |
| Judges 20:26 | Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. | Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings, | Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh. |
| Judges 20:27 | And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, | And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there, | The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, |
| Judges 20:28 | And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. | And Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron was over the house. So they consulted the Lord and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands. | and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand. |
| Judges 20:29 | And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. | And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa: | Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. |
| Judges 20:30 | And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. | And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second. | The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. |
| Judges 20:31 | And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. | And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men: | The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel. |
| Judges 20:32 | And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. | For they thought to cut them off, as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee to bring them to the highways aforesaid. | The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways. |
| Judges 20:33 | And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. | Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth, | All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers-in-wait of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba. |
| Judges 20:34 | And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. | And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side. | There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they didn't know that evil was close on them. |
| Judges 20:35 | And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. | And the Lord defeated them before the children of Israel, and they slew of them in that day five and twenty thousand, and one hundred, all fighting men and that drew the sword. | Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword. |
| Judges 20:36 | So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. | But the children of Benjamin when they saw themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which the children of Israel seeing, gave them place to flee, that they might come to the ambushes that were prepared, which they had set near the city. | So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah. |
| Judges 20:37 | And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. | And they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts, and whilst Benjamin turned their backs to the slayers, went into the city, and smote it with the edge of the sword. | The liers-in-wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword. |
| Judges 20:38 | Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. | Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken. | Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. |
| Judges 20:39 | And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. | And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army) | The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle. |
| Judges 20:40 | But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. | And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke rise up from the city; and Benjamin looking back, saw that the city was taken, and that the flames ascended on high: | But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky. |
| Judges 20:41 | And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. | They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them; which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs, | The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them. |
| Judges 20:42 | Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. | And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them. | Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of it. |
| Judges 20:43 | Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. | And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies, and there was no rest of their men dying. They fell and were beaten down on the east side of the city Gabaa. | They enclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trod them down at [their] resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise. |
| Judges 20:44 | And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour. | And they that were slain in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers. | There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor. |
| Judges 20:45 | And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. | And when they that remained of Benjamin saw this, they fled into the wilderness and made towards the rock that is called Remmon. In that flight, also as they were straggling and going different ways, they slew of them five thousand men. And as they went farther, they still pursued them, and slew also other two thousand. | They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men. |
| Judges 20:46 | So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. | And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war. | So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these [were] men of valor. |
| Judges 20:47 | But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. | And there remained of all the number of Benjamin only six hundred men that were able to escape, and flee to the wilderness: and they abode in the rock Remmon four months. | But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months. |
| Judges 20:48 | And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. | But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames. | The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire. |
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