Judges 20:37 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Judges 20:37 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 20:37 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 20:37 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; then the ambushers spread out, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.”
Judges 20:37 — World English Bible
Judges 20:37 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Judges 20:37 — American Standard Version
Judges 20:37 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.”
Judges 20:37 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 20:37 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along, and smote the whole city with the edge of the sword. ”
Judges 20:37 — Darby Translation
Judges 20:37 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they that lay in wait hasted, and brake forth toward Gibeah, and the ambushment drewe themselues along, and smote all the citie with the edge of the sword.”
Judges 20:37 — Geneva Bible
Judges 20:37 in Context — 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.
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.
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.
What Does Judges 20:37 Mean?
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