Judges 20:30

What does Judges 20:30 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 20:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at the other times.

Context

v.29And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

v.30This passage

v.31And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

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