Judges 20 · Verse 46

Judges 20:46

So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
Judges 20:46, King James Version

Judges 20:46 in other translations

BSBThat day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
WEBSo that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.
ASVSo that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
YLTAnd all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day--the whole of these are men of valour;
DARBYSo that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword: all these, men of valour.
BBESo twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.
WebsterSo that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

What does Judges 20:46 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].

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Judges 20:46 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִי֩vay.Hiand it wasH1961
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜יםha.No.fe.Limthose [who] fellH5307
מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ןmi.bin.ya.Minof BenjaminH1144
עֶשְׂרִים֩'es.RimtwentyH6242
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨הva.cha.mi.Shahand fiveH2568
אֶ֥לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
אִ֛ישׁ'ishmanH376
שֹׁ֥לֵֽףSho.lef[who] drewH8025
חֶ֖רֶבChe.reva swordH2719
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
אַנְשֵׁי\־'an.shei-[were] men ofH582
חָֽיִל\׃Cha.yilstrengthH2428

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

Cross references for Judges 20:46

  • Judges 20:35

    And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

  • Judges 20:15

    And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

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Context

  • Judges 20:45

    And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

  • Judges 20:46

    So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

  • Judges 20:47

    But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

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Judges 20:46 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así todos los que de Benjamín murieron aquel día, fueron veinticinco mil hombres que sacaban espada, todos ellos hombres de guerra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous ceux de Benjamin qui tombèrent en ce jour-là, furent 25 000 hommes tirant l’épée, tous hommes vaillants.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So waren all der von Benjamin an selbigem Tage Gefallenen 25000 Mann, die das Schwert zogen; diese alle waren tapfere Männer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et sic factum est, ut omnes qui ceciderant de Benjamin in diversis locis essent viginti quinque millia pugnatores ad bella promptissimi.