Judges 18 · Verse 21

Judges 18:21

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Judges 18:21, King James Version

Judges 18:21 in other translations

BSBPutting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
WEBSo they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
ASVSo they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
YLTand they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.
DARBYAnd they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.
BBESo they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.
WebsterSo they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the furniture before them.

What does Judges 18:21 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 The little ones and the cattle, etc. - These men were so confident of success that they removed their whole families, household goods, cattle, and all. And the carriage - כבודה kebudah, their substance, precious things, or valuables; omne quod erat pretiosum, Vulgate: or rather the luggage or baggage; what Caesar calls in his commentaries impedimenta; and what the Septuagint here translate βαρος, weight or baggage. We are not to suppose that any wheel carriage is meant.

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Judges 18:21 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּפְנ֖וּvai.yif.Nuand they turnedH6437
וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּvai.ye.Le.khuand they wentH1980
וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּvai.ya.Si.muand they putH7760
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַטַּ֧ףha.Tafthe little one[s]H2945
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַמִּקְנֶ֛הha.mik.Nehthe livestockH4735
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַכְּבוּדָּ֖הha.ke.vu.Dahthe valuable[s]H3520
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם\׃lif.nei.Hem<to> before themH6440

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and put.These men were so confident of success, that they removed their whole families, household goods, cattle, and all.
the carriage.{Kevoodah,} from {kavad,} to be heavy, denotes the luggage or baggage.
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Context

  • Judges 18:20

    And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

  • Judges 18:21

    So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

  • Judges 18:22

    And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

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Judges 18:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ellos tornaron, y fuéronse; y pusieron los niños, y el ganado y el bagaje, delante de sí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils se tournèrent, et s’en allèrent, et mirent devant eux les petits enfants, et les troupeaux, et les choses précieuses.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie wandten sich und zogen weg und stellten die Kinder und das Vieh und die wertvollen Dinge voran.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui cum pergerent, et ante se ire fecissent parvulos ac jumenta, et omne quod erat pretiosum,