Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Israel will put liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
Holman Bible
So Israel set up an ambush
International Standard Version
So Israel set soldiers in ambush around Gibeah.
A Conservative Version
And Israel set an ambushment against Gibeah round about.
American Standard Version
And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
Amplified
So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.
Bible in Basic English
So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.
Darby Translation
So Israel set men in ambush round about Gib'e-ah.
King James 2000
And Israel set men in ambush round about Gibeah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Israel stationed an ambush all around Gibeah.
Modern King James verseion
And Israel set ambushers all around Gibeah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Israel set layers await against Gibeah round about.
NET Bible
So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.
New Heart English Bible
Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
The Emphasized Bible
And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about.
Webster
And Israel set liers in wait around Gibeah.
World English Bible
Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,
Themes
Ambush » Instances of » At gibeah
Armies » March in ranks » Decoy
Armies » March in ranks » Ambushes at gibeah
tribe of Benjamin » Almost annihilated for protecting the men of gibeah
Interlinear
References
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 20:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Punishment Of Benjamin
28 And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I add yet to go forth to war with the sons of Benjamin my brother, or shall I desist? And Jehovah will say, Go up; for to-morrow I will give him into thy hand. 29 And Israel will put liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. 30 And the sons of Israel will go up to the sons of Benjamin in the third day, and they will set in array against Gibeah as once upon once.
Cross References
Joshua 8:4
And he will command them, saying. See, ye lie in wait against the city, behind the city: ye shall not be far off from the city greatly, and be ye all of you prepared:
Judges 20:34
And there will come forth from before against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men from all Israel, and the battle was heavy: and they knew not that evil touched upon them.
2 Samuel 5:23
And David will ask in God, and he will say, Thou shalt not go up: turn about behind them and thou shalt cover against them from before the weepings