Parallel Verses
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.
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,
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
Harag
Yada`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 31:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Army Returns
16 Behold, they were to the sons of Israel by the word of Balaam for separating treacherously against Jehovah, concerning the word of Peor; and there will be a smiting in the assembly of Jehovah. 17 And now kill every male among the little ones; and every woman know in man by the bed of a male, do ye kill. 18 And all the little ones among the women who knew not the bed of a male, preserve ye alive for yourselves.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:2
And Jehovah thy God gave them before thee, and thou didst smite them: exterminating, thou shalt exterminate them; thou shalt not make to them a covenant and thou shalt not show them mercy.
Deuteronomy 20:16-18
Only of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God gave to thee an inheritance, thou shalt not preserve alive and breathing:
Judges 21:11-12
And this the word which ye shall do: every male and every woman knowing the bed of a male ye shall exterminate.