Judges 18:16

What does Judges 18:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 18:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

(and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who <FI>are<Fi> of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate), --

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the six hundred men stood before the door, appointed with their arms.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.

Context

v.15And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

v.16This passage

v.17And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

Cross references

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

  • Judges 18:11

    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.

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