Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were abashed: for they saw that evil approached them.
New American Standard Bible
Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified; for they saw that
King James Version
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Holman Bible
Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had struck them.
International Standard Version
At that point, as the army of Israel turned back to face the army of Benjamin, the army of Benjamin was filled with terror, because they realized that disaster was about to overtake them.
A Conservative Version
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that evil had come upon them.
American Standard Version
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Amplified
When the men of Israel turned back again, the men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had fallen upon them.
Bible in Basic English
And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.
Darby Translation
Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.
Julia Smith Translation
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin will hasten, for they saw that evil touched upon them.
King James 2000
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed because they saw that disaster was {closing in} on them.
Modern King James verseion
And the men of Israel turned again, and the men of Benjamin were amazed. For they saw that evil had touched them.
NET Bible
When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.
New Heart English Bible
The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified; for they saw that disaster had come on them.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when, the men of Israel, turned, then were the men of Benjamin dismayed, - for they saw that disaster had overtaken them.
Webster
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil had come upon them.
World English Bible
The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the evil hath stricken against them --
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
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References
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Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 20:41
Verse Info
Context Readings
How The Israelites Won
40 Then began to arise out of the city, a pillar of smoke. And the Benjamites looked back: and behold, the wasting of the whole city began to ascend up to heaven. 41 When the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were abashed: for they saw that evil approached them. 42 And they turned before the men of Israel into the way that leadeth to the wilderness, the other following them at the hard heels. And beside that they of the city destroyed them in the middle of them.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy said, 'I will follow and overtake them, and will divide the spoil: I will satisfy my lust upon them: I will draw my sword, and mine hand shall destroy them.'
Isaiah 13:8-9
they shall stand in fear, carefulness and sorrow shall come upon them, and they shall have pain, as a woman that travaileth with child. One shall ever be abashed of another, and their faces shall burn like the flame.
Isaiah 33:14
The sinners at Zion are afraid, and a sudden fearfulness is come upon the hypocrites. "What is he among us," say they, "that will dwell by that consuming fire? Which of us may abide that everlasting heat?"
Luke 17:27-28
They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luke 21:26
and men's hearts shall fail them for fear, and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth. For the powers of heaven shall move.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, "Peace, no danger," then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
2 Peter 2:12
But these, as brute beasts, naturally made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of that they know not, and shall perish through their own destruction,
Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,
Revelation 18:8-10
Therefore shall her plagues come at one day; death, and sorrow, and hunger, and she shall be burnt with fire: for strong is the Lord God which judgeth her.