Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And 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.
New American Standard Bible
This is the thing that you shall do: you
King James Version
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Holman Bible
This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every female who has slept with a man.”
International Standard Version
You're to completely destroy every man and every married woman."
A Conservative Version
And this is the thing that ye shall do: Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man.
American Standard Version
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Amplified
And this is the thing that you shall do; you shall utterly destroy every male and every woman who
Darby Translation
This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy."
Julia Smith Translation
And this the word which ye shall do: every male and every woman knowing the bed of a male ye shall exterminate.
King James 2000
And this is the thing that you shall do, you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain with a man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
This is the thing you will do: {you will destroy} every man and {every woman who had sex with a man}."
Modern King James verseion
And this is the thing that you shall do. You shall utterly destroy every male and every woman who has lain with man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And this is that ye shall do: utterly destroy all the males and the women that have lain by men."
NET Bible
Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male. But spare the lives of any virgins." So they did as instructed.
New Heart English Bible
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has slept with a man."
The Emphasized Bible
And, this, is the thing that ye shall do, - Every male, and every woman that hath cohabited with man, shall ye devote to destruction.
Webster
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
World English Bible
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man."
Youngs Literal Translation
And this is the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'
Themes
Armies » Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
the Armies of israel » Refusing to join, often punished
tribe of Benjamin » Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe
Captive » Cruelty to » Putting to death
Discipline » Of armies, for disobedience of orders
Jabesh-gilead » A city » East » Jordon
Rashness » Instances of » Israel's vow to destroy the benjamites
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 21:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Decision Is Made About The Tribe Of Benjamin
10 So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones. 11 And 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. 12 Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 31:17-18
So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.
Deuteronomy 2:34
At that time we took all his towns, and gave them over to complete destruction, together with men, women, and children; we had no mercy on any: