Judges 18:11

What does Judges 18:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 18:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

There went therefore of the kindred of Dan, to wit, from Saraa and Esthaol, six hundred men, furnished with arms for war.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

Context

v.10When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

v.11This passage

v.12And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 18:16

    And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

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