Judges 21 · Verse 20

Judges 21:20

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Judges 21:20, King James Version

Judges 21:20 in other translations

BSBSo they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
WEBThey commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
ASVAnd they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
YLTAnd they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, ‘Go--and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,
DARBYAnd they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
BBEAnd they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
WebsterTherefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards;

Judges 21:20 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.

וַיְצַוּ֕וּvay.tzavand they commandedH6680
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
בִנְיָמִ֖ןvin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
לְכ֖וּle.KhugoH1980
וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םva.'a.rav.Temand you will lie in waitH693
בַּכְּרָמִֽים\׃ba.ke.ra.Mimin the vineyardsH3754

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

Context

  • Judges 21:19

    Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

  • Judges 21:20

    Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

  • Judges 21:21

    And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

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Judges 21:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y mandaron á los hijos de Benjamín, diciendo: Id, y poned emboscada en las viñas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils commandèrent aux fils de Benjamin, disant: Allez, et mettez-vous en embuscade dans les vignes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie geboten den Kindern Benjamin und sprachen: Gehet hin und lauert in den Weinbergen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Præceperuntque filiis Benjamin, atque dixerunt: Ite, et latitate in vineis.