JDG 20:48 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile, the Israelis went back to the Benyamite region and killed the people with their swords—entire cities including cattle and everything else—then the cities were set on fire.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπέστρεψαν πρὸς υἱοὺς Βενιαμὶν, καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺς ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας ἀπὸ πόλεως Μεθλὰ καὶ ἕως κτήνους, καὶ ἕως παντὸς τοῦ εὑρισκομένου εἰς πάσας τὰς πόλεις· καὶ τὰς πόλεις τὰς εὑρεθείσας ἐνέπρησαν ἐν πυρί.
(Kai hoi huioi Israaʸl epestrepsan pros huious Beniamin, kai epataxan autous en stomati ɽomfaias apo poleōs Methla kai heōs ktaʸnous, kai heōs pantos tou heuriskomenou eis pasas tas poleis; kai tas poleis tas heuretheisas enepraʸsan en puri. )

BrTr And the children of Israel returned to the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword from the city of Methla, even to the cattle, and every thing that was found in all the cities: and they burnt with fire the cities they found.

ULT Then the men of Israel returned to the sons of Benjamin. They struck them down with the edge of the sword, even a city in entirety, including cattle as well as everything that was found. Also all of the cities that were found, they set on fire.

UST Then the Israelite men went back to the land belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, and killed the people in every city. They also killed all the animals, and destroyed everything else that they found there. And they burned all the cities that they came to.

BSB And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword—including the entire city, the livestock, and all that they found. Moreover they set all the cities which they found on fire.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.

LSV And the men of Israel have turned back to the sons of Benjamin, and strike them by the mouth of the sword out of the city—men even to livestock, even to all that is found; they have also sent all the cities which are found into the fire.

FBV The Israelites went back into the territory of the Benjamites, and going from town to town, they killed everything: people, animals, everything they found. Then they burned down every town on their way.

T4T Then the Israeli men went back to the land belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, and killed the people in every city. They also killed all the animals, and destroyed everything else that they found there. And they burned all the cities that they came to.

LEB And the men of Israel returned to the descendants[fn] of Benjamin, and they put them to the edge of the sword,[fn] both the inhabitants of city and the animals that were found; they also set on fire all the cities that they found.

20:48 Or “sons/children”

20:48 Literally the mouth of the sword”

BBE And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

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JPS And the men of Israel turned back upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found; moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

ASV And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

DRA But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.

YLT And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, — men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.

Drby And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city as the cattle, and all that was found; even all the cities that were found did they set on fire.

RV And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

Wbstr And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

KJB-1769 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.[fn][fn]

20.48 came to hand: Heb. was found

20.48 they came…: Heb. were found

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And the men of Israel turned againe vpon the children of Beniamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of euery citie, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
(And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benyamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of euery city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.)

20:48 Heb. was found.

20:48 Heb. were found.

Bshps And the men of Israel turned backe againe vnto the children of Beniamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword in the cities, both man & beast, and al that came to hande, and set on fyre all the cities that they coulde come by.
(And the men of Israel turned back again unto the children of Benyamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword in the cities, both man and beast, and all that came to hand, and set on fire all the cities that they could come by.)

Gnva Then the men of Israel returned vnto the children of Beniamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword from the men of the citie vnto the beasts, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they coulde come by.
(Then the men of Israel returned unto the children of Benyamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword from the men of the city unto the beasts, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they could come by. )

Cvdl And the men of Israel came agayne to the children of BenIamin, and smote them that were in the cite with ye edge of the swerde, both me and catell and all that was founde: and what soeuer was foude in the cite, they cast it in to the fyre.
(And the men of Israel came again to the children of BenYamin, and smote them that were in the cite with ye/you_all edge of the sword, both me and cattle and all that was founde: and what soever was foude in the city, they cast it in to the fyre.)

Wycl Forsothe the sones of Israel yeden out, and smytiden with swerd alle the remenauntis of the citee, fro men `til to werk beestis; and deuourynge flawme wastide alle the citees and townes of Beniamyn.
(Forsothe the sons of Israel went out, and smytiden with sword all the remenauntis of the city, from men `til to work beasts/animals; and deuourynge flawme wastide all the cities and towns of Benyamin.)

Luth Und die Männer Israels kamen wieder zu den Kindern Benjamin und schlugen mit der Schärfe des Schwerts die in der Stadt, beide Leute und Vieh und alles, was man fand; und alle Städte, die man fand, verbrannte man mit Feuer.
(And the men Israels came again to the Kindern Benyamin and hit/beat with the/of_the Schärfe the Schwerts the in the/of_the city, both Leute and Vieh and all/everything, what/which man fand; and all Städte, the man fand, burnte man with fire.)

ClVg Regressi autem filii Israël, omnes reliquias civitatis a viris usque ad jumenta gladio percusserunt, cunctasque urbes et viculos Benjamin vorax flamma consumpsit.
(Regressi however children Israel, everyone reliquias of_the_city from viris until to yumenta gladio percusserunt, cunctasque urbes and viculos Benyamin vorax flamma consumpsit. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

QUOTE_NOT_FOUND: returned to the sons of Benjamin

(Some words not found in UHB: and,men Yisrael turned_back to/towards sons_of Binyāmīn and,struck,them with,edge sword from,city entire until cattle/livestock until all/each/any/every the,found also/yet all/each/any/every the,cities the,found burned in/on/at/with,fire )

The author means implicitly that the Israelite soldiers turned from pursuing the Benjaminite soldiers to attacking all the other people of the tribe of Benjamin. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [attacked all the other people of the tribe of Benjamin]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

QUOTE_NOT_FOUND: from a city of entirety unto cattle unto everything found

The author is using the possessive form a city of entirety to mean “an entire city.” It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [destroying entire cities, including the animals and everything else in them]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

QUOTE_NOT_FOUND: from a city of entirety unto cattle unto everything found

The phrase translated as from a city of entirety could also be translated as from the city of man. If that is the translation, then the author would be using the masculine term man in a generic sense that would include both men and women. Alternate translation: [destroying all of the people and animals and everything else in the city]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

QUOTE_NOT_FOUND: everything found & all of the cities found

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [everything that they found ... all of the cities that they found]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

QUOTE_NOT_FOUND: everything found & all of the cities found

The author is using the term found in a way characteristic of his language and culture to mean that these things and cities could be found, that is, that they were there. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and everything else that was there ... all of the cities that were there]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

QUOTE_NOT_FOUND: they sent into fire

The author is speaking as if the Israelites had actually sent these cities into fire. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they set on fire] or [they burned down]

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