Judges 20:21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
Judges 20:21 in other translations
| BSB | And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day. |
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| WEB | The children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day destroyed twenty-two thousand of the Israelite men down to the ground. |
| ASV | And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men. |
| YLT | and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men--to the earth. |
| DARBY | And the children of Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty-two thousand men. |
| BBE | Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day. |
| Webster | And the children of Benjamin came forth from Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. |
What does Judges 20:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:18-28
Jud 20:18-28. The Israelites Lose Forty Thousand. 18-28. the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God--This consultation at Shiloh was right. But they ought to have done it at the commencement of their proceedings. Instead of this, all their plans were formed, and never doubting, it would seem, that the war was just and inevitable, the only subject of their inquiry related to the precedency of the…
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Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Judges 20:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 20:21
- Hosea 10:9
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
- Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
- Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
- Psalms 77:19
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
- Psalms 73:18-19
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- 2 Chronicles 28:10
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God?
- Psalms 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
- Genesis 49:27
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
- Deuteronomy 23:9
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
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Context
- Judges 20:20
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
- Judges 20:21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
- Judges 20:22
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
Judges 20:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Saliendo entonces de Gabaa los hijos de Benjamín, derribaron en tierra aquel día veintidós mil hombres de los hijos de Israel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils de Benjamin sortirent de Guibha; et en ce jour-là ils étendirent morts par terre 22 000 hommes de ceux d’Israël. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Benjamin zogen aus Gibea heraus, und sie streckten unter Israel an selbigem Tage 22000 Mann zu Boden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Egressique filii Benjamin de Gabaa, occiderunt de filiis Israël die illo viginti duo millia virorum. |