Judges 20:34 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Judges 20:34 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 20:34 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 20:34 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that disaster was close to them.”
Judges 20:34 — World English Bible
Judges 20:34 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them. ”
Judges 20:34 — American Standard Version
Judges 20:34 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And they come in over against Gibeah--ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel--and the battle <FI>is<Fi> grievous, and they have not known that the evil is striking against them.”
Judges 20:34 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 20:34 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they knew not that disaster was coming upon them. ”
Judges 20:34 — Darby Translation
Judges 20:34 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they came ouer against Gibeah, ten thousande chosen men of all Israel, and the battell was sore: for they knewe not that the euill was neere them.”
Judges 20:34 — Geneva Bible
Judges 20:34 in Context — 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What Does Judges 20:34 Mean?
Judges 20:34 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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