Judges 20:32
And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Judges 20:32 in other translations
| BSB | “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.” |
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| WEB | The children of Benjamin said, “They are struck down before us, as at the first.” But the children of Israel said, “Let’s flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.” |
| ASV | And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways. |
| YLT | And the sons of Benjamin say, ‘They are smitten before us as at the beginning;' but the sons of Israel said, ‘Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.' |
| DARBY | And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. And the children of Israel said, Let us flee, that we may draw them from the city to the highways. |
| BBE | And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways. |
| Webster | And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city to the highways. |
What does Judges 20:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 20:29-48
Jud 20:29-48. They Destroy All the Benjamites, Except Six Hundred. 29-48. And Israel set liers-in-wait round about Gibeah--A plan was formed of taking that city by stratagem, similar to that employed in the capture of Ai [Jos 8:9].
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Judges 20:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 20:32
- Joshua 8:15-16
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
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Jos 8:15,16
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Context
- Judges 20:31
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
- Judges 20:32
And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
- Judges 20:33
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
Judges 20:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los hijos de Benjamín decían: Vencidos son delante de nosotros, como antes. Mas los hijos de Israel decían: Huiremos, y los alejaremos de la ciudad hasta los caminos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils de Benjamin dirent: Ils sont battus devant nous comme la première fois. Et les fils d’Israël dirent: Fuyons, et nous les attirerons loin de la ville, sur les routes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Benjamin sprachen: Sie sind vor uns geschlagen wie im Anfang. Die Kinder Israel aber sprachen: Laßt uns fliehen, daß wir sie von der Stadt abreißen auf die Landstraßen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | putaverunt enim solito eos more cedere. Qui fugam arte simulantes inierunt consilium ut abstraherent eos de civitate, et quasi fugientes ad supradictas semitas perducerent. |