Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
New American Standard Bible
But all the
King James Version
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Holman Bible
but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations.
International Standard Version
You are to allow the young women who haven't yet had sexual relations with a man to live for yourselves."
A Conservative Version
But all the women-children, who have not known man by laying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
American Standard Version
But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Amplified
But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves [to marry].
Bible in Basic English
But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.
Darby Translation
but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
Julia Smith Translation
And all the little ones among the women who knew not the bed of a male, preserve ye alive for yourselves.
King James 2000
But all the young girls, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But all the females who have not {had sexual intercourse with a man}, keep alive for yourselves.
Modern King James verseion
But all the female children that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But all the women-children that have not lain with men, keep alive for yourselves.
NET Bible
But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.
New Heart English Bible
But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
The Emphasized Bible
But all the young of womankind that hay, not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves.
Webster
But all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
World English Bible
But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Interlinear
Yada`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 31:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Army Returns
17 'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain; 18 and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves. 19 And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days -- any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day -- ye and your captives;
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:10-14
'When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity,
Leviticus 25:44
And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast are of the nations who are round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,
Deuteronomy 20:14
Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.
2 Chronicles 28:8-10
And the sons of Israel take captive of their brethren, two hundred thousand, wives, sons and daughters, and also much spoil they have seized from them, and they bring in the spoil to Samaria.
Isaiah 14:2
And peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors.