Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Holman Bible
So now, kill all the male children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man,
International Standard Version
You are to kill every male child and every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.
A Conservative Version
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
American Standard Version
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Amplified
Now therefore, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who is not a virgin.
Bible in Basic English
So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.
Darby Translation
And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
Julia Smith Translation
And now kill every male among the little ones; and every woman know in man by the bed of a male, do ye kill.
King James 2000
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now kill every male among the little children, and kill every woman who has {had sexual intercourse with a man}.
Modern King James verseion
And now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now, therefore, slay all the men-children and the women that have lain with men, fleshly.
NET Bible
Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.
New Heart English Bible
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, slay ye every male among the young, - every woman also that hath cohabited with man, slay ye.
Webster
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
World English Bible
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
Youngs Literal Translation
'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 31:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Army Returns
16
Behold, these, on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:2
and when the LORD your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction.You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.
Deuteronomy 20:16-18
But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes,
Judges 21:11-12
This is what you shall do: every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction."