Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
This is what we'll do to Gibeah: we're going to assemble an army by lottery.
New American Standard Bible
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot.
King James Version
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
Holman Bible
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go against it by lot.
A Conservative Version
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [We will go up] against it by lot,
American Standard Version
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;
Amplified
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it,
Bible in Basic English
But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;
Darby Translation
But now this is what we will do to Gib'e-ah: we will go up against it by lot,
Julia Smith Translation
And now this the word which we will do to Gibeah against her by lot.
King James 2000
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then, this is what we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against her by lot.
Modern King James verseion
And now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah, going against it by lot.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now this is it that we shall do to Gibeah, and cast lots against it.
NET Bible
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.
New Heart English Bible
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, this is the thing, that we will do to Gibeah, - Go against it by lot;
Webster
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it;
World English Bible
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot;
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, this is the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 20:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Punishment Of Benjamin
8 Then the entire army stood up as a single unit and declared, "Nobody's going back to his tent, and nobody's going home! 9 This is what we'll do to Gibeah: we're going to assemble an army by lottery. 10 We'll take ten men out of 100 from all of the tribes of Israel. We'll appoint 100 out of 1,000 and 1,000 out of 10,000 to supply provisions for the army. And when we reach Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, we'll punish them for all of the stupid things that they've done in Israel."
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 14:2
by lot, just as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine tribes and the half-tribe,
1 Samuel 14:41-42
Then Saul told the LORD God of Israel, "Judge us properly." Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the army was cleared.
1 Chronicles 24:5
They were chosen by impartial lottery, since there were trustees of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar's descendants and among Ithamar's descendants.
Nehemiah 11:1
The leaders of the people who lived in Jerusalem, along with the rest of the people, decided to choose one out of ten of them by lot to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, leaving the other nine of them in their towns.
Proverbs 16:33
The dice is cast into someone's lap, but the outcome is from the LORD.
Jonah 1:7
Meanwhile, each crewman told another, "Come on! Let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that we're in this trouble." So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah!
Acts 1:26
So they drew lots for them, and when the lot fell on Matthias, he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.