Numbers 31:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”
Numbers 31:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 31:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 31:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”
Numbers 31:18 — World English Bible
Numbers 31:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. ”
Numbers 31:18 — American Standard Version
Numbers 31:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.”
Numbers 31:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 31:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves. ”
Numbers 31:18 — Darby Translation
Numbers 31:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.”
Numbers 31:18 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 31:18 in Context — Numbers 31
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
What Does Numbers 31:18 Mean?
Numbers 31:18 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 31. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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