Judges 21:11
What does Judges 21:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 21:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And this <FI>is<Fi> the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.
Context
v.10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
v.11This passage
v.12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 31:17
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
- Deuteronomy 2:34
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining: