Parallel JDG 20:42

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BSB So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the middle of it.

NET They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.

LSV and they turn before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, and the battle has followed them; and those who [are] from the cities are destroying them in their midst;

FBV They turned and ran from the Israelites towards the desert, but the battle caught up with them, and the Israelites also killed those who left the towns on the way.

T4T So the men of the tribe of Benjamin tried to run away toward the desert to escape from the Israeli men, but they were not able to escape, because the Israeli men who had burned the two cities came out of those cities and killed many of them.

LEB And they retreated from before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle caught up to them, and those who came from the cities[fn] destroyed them in the midst of them.

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BBE So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the city destroyed them in the midst of the men of Israel.

ASV Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

DRA And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them.

YLT and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who [are] from the city are destroying them in their midst;

DBY And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their midst.

RV Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they which came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

WBS Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

KJB Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
  (Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. )

BB And therfore they turned their backes before the men of Israel, vnto the way that leadeth to the wildernesse, but the battel ouertoke them: And besyde that, they which came out of the citie, destroied the in the middle of the.
  (And therefore they turned their backes before the men of Israel, unto the way that leadeth to the wilderness, but the battel ouertoke them: And besyde that, they which came out of the city, destroyed the in the middle of them.)

GNV Therefore they fled before the men of Israel vnto the way of the wildernesse, but the battell ouertooke them: also they which came out of the cities, slew them among them.
  (Therefore they fled before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, but the battell ouertooke them: also they which came out of the cities, slew them among them. )

CB And they turned them before the men of Israel in the waye to the wyldernesse, but the battayll folowed vpon them. And them of the cite destroyed they amoge them.
  (And they turned them before the men of Israel in the way to the wilderness, but the battayll followed upon them. And them of the cite destroyed they among them.)

WYC and thei bigunnen to go to the weie of deseert; while also aduersaries pursueden hem there, but also thei, that hadden brent the citee, camen ayens hem.
  (and they began to go to the way of deseert; while also aduersaries pursueden them there, but also thei, that had burnt the city, came against them.)

LUT und wandten sich vor den Männern Israels auf den Weg zur Wüste. Aber der Streit folgte ihnen nach; dazu die von den Städten hineinkommen waren, die verderbeten sie drinnen.
  (and wandten itself/yourself/themselves before/in_front_of the Männern Israels on the path zur Wüste. But the Streit folgte ihnen nach; in_addition the from the Städten hineinkommen waren, the verderbeten they/she/them drinnen.)

CLV et ad viam deserti ire cœperunt, illuc quoque eos adversariis persequentibus: sed et hi qui urbem succenderant, occurrerunt eis.
  (and to viam deserti ire cœperunt, illuc quoque them adversariis persequentibus: but and hi who urbem succenderant, occurrerunt eis. )

BRN And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

BrLXX Καὶ ἐπέβλεψαν ἐνώπιον υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴς ὁδὸν τῆς ἐρήμου, καὶ ἔφυγον· καὶ ἡ παράταξις ἔφθασεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων διέφθειρον αὐτοὺς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.
  (Kai epeblepsan enōpion huiōn Israaʸl eis taʸs hodon taʸs eraʸmou, kai efugon; kai haʸ parataxis efthasen epʼ autous, kai hoi apo tōn poleōn dieftheiron autous en mesōi autōn. )