Judges 20:36 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Judges 20:36 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 20:36 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 20:36 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck, for the men of Israel yielded to Benjamin because they trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.”

Judges 20:36 — World English Bible

Judges 20:36 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah. ”

Judges 20:36 — American Standard Version

Judges 20:36 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten--and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted unto the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,”

Judges 20:36 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 20:36 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. — And the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambush that they had set against Gibeah. ”

Judges 20:36 — Darby Translation

Judges 20:36 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So the children of Beniamin sawe that they were striken downe: for the men of Israel gaue place to the Beniamites, because they trusted to the men that lay in waite, which they had laide beside Gibeah.”

Judges 20:36 — Geneva Bible

Judges 20:36 in Context — 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.

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.

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.

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.

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What Does Judges 20:36 Mean?

Judges 20:36 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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