Judges 20:40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
Judges 20:40 in other translations
| BSB | But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke. |
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| WEB | But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the whole city went up in smoke to the sky. |
| ASV | But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven. |
| YLT | and the volume hath begun to go up from the city--a pillar of smoke--and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens. |
| DARBY | And when the burning began to rise up out of the city as a pillar of smoke, Benjamin looked behind, and behold, the whole city ascended in smoke to the heavens. |
| BBE | Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven. |
| Webster | But when the flame began to rise from the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city ascended to heaven. |
What does Judges 20:40 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].
Judges 20:40 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 20:40
- Joshua 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
- Joel 2:30
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
- Revelation 19:3
And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
- Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
- Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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Context
- Judges 20:39
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
- Judges 20:40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
- Judges 20:41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Judges 20:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas cuando la llama comenzó á subir de la ciudad, una columna de humo, Benjamín tornó á mirar atrás; y he aquí que el fuego de la ciudad subía al cielo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand l’incendie commença à monter de la ville comme une colonne de fumée, Benjamin se tourna en arrière, et voici, toute la ville montait en fumée vers les cieux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Brand fing an, aus der Stadt emporzusteigen wie eine Rauchsäule; und Benjamin wandte sich zurück, und siehe, die ganze Stadt ging in Feuer auf gen Himmel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et viderent quasi columnam fumi de civitate conscendere: Benjamin quoque aspiciens retro, cum captam cerneret civitatem, et flammas in sublime ferri: |