Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

for many have fallen pierced, for of God is the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal.

New American Standard Bible

For many fell slain, because the war was of God. And they settled in their place until the exile.

King James Version

For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

Holman Bible

Many of the Hagrites were killed because it was God’s battle. And they lived there in the Hagrites’ place until the exile.

International Standard Version

Many fell slain, because the battle's outcome was directed by God. They lived in their territory until the exile.

A Conservative Version

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

American Standard Version

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

Amplified

For a great number fell mortally wounded, because the battle was of God. And these Israelites settled in their territory until the exile [by Assyria more than five centuries later].

Bible in Basic English

And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.

Darby Translation

For there fell down many slain, for the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

Julia Smith Translation

For many fell down wounded, for the war was from God. And they dwelt in their stead even to the exile.

King James 2000

For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For many [were] slain because the war was of God. And they lived under them until the exile.

Modern King James verseion

For many fell down slain, because the war was of God. And they lived in their places until the captivity.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for there fell many dead because the war was of God. And they dwelt there in their steads until the time that they were carried away.

NET Bible

Because God fought for them, they killed many of the enemy. They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile.

New Heart English Bible

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.

The Emphasized Bible

for, many slain, fell, for, of God, was the war, - and they dwelt in their stead, until the captivity.

Webster

For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

World English Bible

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חלל 
Chalal 
Usage: 94

because the war
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

was of God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

Context Readings

Reuben, Gad, And Manasseh Fight Hagar's Descendants

21 And they take captive their cattle, of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of human beings a hundred thousand; 22 for many have fallen pierced, for of God is the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal. 23 And the sons of the half of the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto Baal-Hermon, and Senir, and mount Hermon, they have multiplied.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel hath Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur come, and taketh Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and removeth them to Asshur.

2 Kings 17:6

in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh, and with us is Jehovah our God, to help us, and to fight our battles;' and the people are supported by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Joshua 23:10

one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God is He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you;

Romans 8:31

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us?

1 Chronicles 4:41

And these who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smite their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction unto this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock is there.

1 Chronicles 6:26

Elkanah; sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

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