Judges 18:16
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
Judges 18:16 in other translations
| BSB | The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war. |
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| WEB | The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. |
| ASV | And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. |
| YLT | (and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who are of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate), -- |
| DARBY | And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate. |
| BBE | And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway. |
| Webster | And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. |
What does Judges 18:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11-21
11-21. there went from thence of the family of the Danites ... six hundred men--This was the collective number of the men who were equipped with arms to carry out this expeditionary enterprise, without including the families and furniture of the emigrants (Jud 18:21). Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot…
Judges 18:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 18:16
- Judges 18:11
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
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Context
- Judges 18:15
And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
- Judges 18:16
And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
- Judges 18:17
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
Judges 18:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los seiscientos hombres, que eran de los hijos de Dan, estaban armados de sus armas de guerra á la entrada de la puerta. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les 600 hommes des fils de Dan, ceints de leurs armes de guerre, se tinrent à l’entrée de la porte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die sechshundert mit ihrem Kriegsgerät umgürteten Männer aber, die von den Kindern Dan waren, blieben am Eingang des Tores stehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sexcenti autem viri ita ut erant armati, stabant ante ostium. |