Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.

New American Standard Bible

Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!”

King James Version

Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

Holman Bible

“The kings of the armies flee—they flee!”
She who stays at home divides the spoil.

International Standard Version

"Kings of armies retreat and flee, while the lady of the house divides the spoil.

A Conservative Version

Kings of armies fled quickly, and she who remained at home divided the spoil.

American Standard Version

Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

Amplified


“The kings of the [enemies’] armies flee, they flee,
And the beautiful woman who remains at home divides the spoil [left behind].”

Darby Translation

Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

Julia Smith Translation

Kings of armies will flee away, they will flee away, and she resting in the house will divide the spoil

King James 2000

Kings of armies did flee in haste: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"[The] kings of armies flee, they flee, and she [who] remains at home divides [the] spoil.

Modern King James verseion

Kings of armies fled away; and she who stayed at home divided the plunder.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.

NET Bible

Kings leading armies run away -- they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot.

New Heart English Bible

"Kings of armies flee. They flee." She who waits at home divides the spoil,

The Emphasized Bible

Kings of armies, they flee! they flee! And, she that stayeth at home, shall share the spoil.

Webster

Kings of armies fled apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

World English Bible

"Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil,

Youngs Literal Translation

Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil.

References

Context Readings

God's Majestic Power

11 The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public. 12 Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods. 13 Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.


Cross References

Joshua 10:16

But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

Judges 5:19

The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.

Joshua 12:7-24

And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel overcame on the west side of Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel for a heritage, in keeping with their divisions;

1 Samuel 30:24

Who is going to give any attention to you in this question? for an equal part will be given to him who went to the fight and to him who was waiting by the goods: they are all to have the same.

Exodus 14:25

And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.

Numbers 31:8-9

They put the kings of Midian to death with the rest, Evi and Reken and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian: and Balaam, the son of Beor, they put to death with the sword.

Numbers 31:27

And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:

Numbers 31:54

Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

Joshua 10:42

And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.

Judges 5:30

Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?

Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

Revelation 19:17-20

And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;

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