Parallel Verses
World English Bible
They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, [and] trod them down at [their] resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
Holman Bible
They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.
International Standard Version
They surrounded the army of Benjamin, pursuing them ceaselessly until they defeated them near the east-facing border of Gibeah.
A Conservative Version
They enclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trod them down at [their] resting-place, as far as opposite Gibeah toward the sunrise.
American Standard Version
They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
Amplified
They surrounded [the men of] Benjamin, pursued them relentlessly, and overtook them opposite Gibeah toward the east.
Bible in Basic English
And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.
Darby Translation
Cutting down the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gib'e-ah on the east.
Julia Smith Translation
They surrounded Benjamin,pursuing him from Nohah, treading him down even to the front of Gibeah, from the rising of the sun.
King James 2000
Thus they surrounded the Benjamites, and chased them, and trod them down with ease opposite Gibeah toward the east.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They surrounded Benjamin; they pursued them without rest [and] trod them down opposite Gibeah to the east.
Modern King James verseion
They encircled Benjamin and they chased them without rest, and trod them down until they were against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they compassed Benjamin about, and chased them to Menuah, and overran them before Gibeah on the east side.
NET Bible
They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.
New Heart English Bible
They surrounded Benjamin, and they pursued them at their resting place, and they trampled them down until opposite Gibeah toward the sunrise.
The Emphasized Bible
they hemmed in the Benjamites, they pursued them, with ease, trode they them down, - as far as over against Gibeah, towards sunrise.
Webster
Thus they inclosed the Benjaminites on all sides, and chased them, and trod them down with ease over against Gibeah towards the sun-rising.
Youngs Literal Translation
they have compassed the Benjamites -- they have pursued them -- with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Decoy
Armies » March in ranks » Ambushes at gibeah
tribe of Benjamin » Almost annihilated for protecting the men of gibeah
Interlinear
Darak
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 20:43
Verse Info
Context Readings
How The Israelites Won
42 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 its midst. 43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, [and] trod them down at [their] resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise. 44 There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
Cross References
Joshua 8:20-22
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.