Judges 20:44

What does Judges 20:44 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 20:44 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men--the whole of these <FI>are<Fi> men of valour;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they that were slain in the same place, were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of valour.

Context

v.43They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

v.44This passage

v.45And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.

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