Judges 20:34
“And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Judges 20:34 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und es kamen gegen Gibea zehntausend auserlesene Männer aus ganz Israel, und der Streit wurde heftig; jene aber wußten nicht, daß das Unglück sie erreichte.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y vinieron contra Gabaa diez mil hombres escogidos de todo Israel, y la batalla comenzó á agravarse: mas ellos no sabían que el mal se acercaba sobre ellos.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E vieram contra Gibeá dez mil homens escolhidos de todo Israel, e a batalha começou a agravar-se: mas eles não sabiam que o mal se aproximava sobre eles.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Saíram dez mil homens selecionados de todo o Israel, contra Gibeá, e a batalha tornou-se feroz, mas os benjamitas não sabiam que o desastre estava próximo deles.
📖 Judges 20:34 in Context
32And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
33And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
34And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
35And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
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