Judges 20:47 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.”

Judges 20:47 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Judges 20:47 in 6 Bible Translations

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Judges 20:47 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.”

Judges 20:47 — World English Bible

Judges 20:47 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months. ”

Judges 20:47 — American Standard Version

Judges 20:47 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and there turn and flee into the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon six hundred men, and they dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.”

Judges 20:47 — Young's Literal Translation

Judges 20:47 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and abode at the cliff of Rimmon four months. ”

Judges 20:47 — Darby Translation

Judges 20:47 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But sixe hundreth men turned and fled to the wildernesse vnto the rocke of Rimmon, and abode in the rocke of Rimmon foure moneths.”

Judges 20:47 — Geneva Bible

Judges 20:47 in Context — 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.

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.

47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

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.

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What Does Judges 20:47 Mean?

Judges 20:47 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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