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Keywords: Ear, Master, Door, Post, Awl, Servant
Description: Exodus 21:6
NET Translation: then his master must bring him to the Judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
DARBY Translation: then his master shall bring him before the Judges, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall be his bondman for ever.
KJV Translation: Then his master shall bring him unto the Judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Description: Exodus 21:22
NET Translation: “If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, the one who hit her will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman’s husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides.
DARBY Translation: And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the Judges estimate.
KJV Translation: If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the Judges [determine].
Description: Exodus 22:8
NET Translation: If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the Judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods.
DARBY Translation: if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the Judges, [to see] if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
KJV Translation: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the Judges, [to see] whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
Description: Exodus 22:9
NET Translation: In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says ‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the Judges, and the one whom the Judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.
DARBY Translation: As to all manner of fraud, as to ox, as to ass, as to sheep, as to clothing, as to everything lost, of which [a man] saith, It is this the cause of both parties shall come before the Judges: he whom the Judges shall condemn shall restore double to his neighbour.
KJV Translation: For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the Judges; [and] whom the Judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
Description: Exodus 22:28
NET Translation: “You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not revile the Judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Description: Numbers 25:5
NET Translation: So Moses said to the Judges of Israel, “Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal Peor.”
DARBY Translation: And Moses said to the Judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.
KJV Translation: And Moses said unto the Judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
Keywords: Judges
Description: Deuteronomy 1:16
NET Translation: I furthermore admonished your Judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one person and a native Israelite or a resident foreigner.
DARBY Translation: And I commanded your Judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and him also that sojourneth with him.
KJV Translation: And I charged your Judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
Keywords: Justice, Judgment
Description: Deuteronomy 16:18
NET Translation: You must appoint Judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
DARBY Translation: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.
KJV Translation: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Verse Intro: Justice
Description: Deuteronomy 17:8
NET Translation: If a matter is too difficult for you to judge—bloodshed, legal claim, or assault—matters of controversy in your villages—you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.
DARBY Translation: If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.
KJV Translation: If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
Verse Intro: Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges
Description: Deuteronomy 19:17
NET Translation: then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and Judges who will be in office in those days.
DARBY Translation: then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the Judges that shall be in those days;
KJV Translation: Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the Judges, which shall be in those days;
Description: Deuteronomy 19:18
NET Translation: The Judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,
DARBY Translation: and the Judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,
KJV Translation: And the Judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] hath testified falsely against his brother;
Description: Deuteronomy 21:2
NET Translation: your elders and Judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.
DARBY Translation: then thine elders and thy Judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
KJV Translation: Then thy elders and thy Judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:
Description: Deuteronomy 25:1
NET Translation: If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the Judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
DARBY Translation: If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment, and they judge [their case]; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
KJV Translation: If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the Judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Description: Deuteronomy 32:31
NET Translation: For our enemies’ rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
DARBY Translation: For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be Judges.
KJV Translation: For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] Judges.
Description: Joshua 8:33
NET Translation: All the people, rulers, leaders, and Judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.
DARBY Translation: And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers and Judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger as the home-born [Israelite]; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and the other half of them toward mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel, in the beginning.
KJV Translation: And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their Judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
Description: Joshua 23:2
NET Translation: So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, Judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.
DARBY Translation: that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their Judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old, advanced in age;
KJV Translation: And Joshua called for all Israel, [and] for their elders, and for their heads, and for their Judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old [and] stricken in age:
Description: Joshua 24:1
NET Translation: Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, Judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.
DARBY Translation: And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their Judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
KJV Translation: And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their Judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
Verse Intro: The Covenant Renewal at Shechem
Description: Judges 1:1
NET Translation: After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass after the death of Joshua that the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Which of us shall go up against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
KJV Translation: Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
Verse Intro: Death of Joshua - Continued Conquest
Description: Judges 1:2
NET Translation: The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Description: Judges 1:3
NET Translation: The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon, “Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites. Then we will go with you into your allotted land.” So the men of Simeon went with them.
DARBY Translation: And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, and let us fight against the Canaanites, and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot; and Simeon went with him.
KJV Translation: And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
Description: Judges 1:4
NET Translation: The men of Judah attacked, and the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed 10,000 men at Bezek.
DARBY Translation: And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they smote them in Bezek, ten thousand men.
KJV Translation: And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Description: Judges 1:5
NET Translation: They met Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.
DARBY Translation: And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
KJV Translation: And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
Description: Judges 1:6
NET Translation: When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes.
DARBY Translation: And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
KJV Translation: But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Description: Judges 1:7
NET Translation: Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
DARBY Translation: And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings, with their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gleaned under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
KJV Translation: And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Keywords: Jerusalem
Description: Judges 1:8
NET Translation: The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
KJV Translation: Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Description: Judges 1:9
NET Translation: Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills.
DARBY Translation: And afterwards the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the south, and in the lowland.
KJV Translation: And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
Description: Judges 1:10
NET Translation: The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
DARBY Translation: And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; and they slew Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
KJV Translation: And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Description: Judges 1:11
NET Translation: From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)
DARBY Translation: And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
KJV Translation: And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher:
Keywords: Kirjathsepher, Achsah
Description: Judges 1:12
NET Translation: Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”
DARBY Translation: And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
KJV Translation: And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Description: Judges 1:13
NET Translation: When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
DARBY Translation: And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
KJV Translation: And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Verse Intro: Othinel Takes Kirjathsepher
Description: Judges 1:14
NET Translation: One time Achsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father the field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
Description: Judges 1:15
NET Translation: She answered, “Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
DARBY Translation: And she said to him, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
KJV Translation: And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
Description: Judges 1:16
NET Translation: Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of date palm trees to Arad in the wilderness of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah.
DARBY Translation: And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had gone up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
KJV Translation: And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Keywords: Simeon
Description: Judges 1:17
NET Translation: The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah.
DARBY Translation: And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it; and they called the name of the city Hormah.
KJV Translation: And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
Description: Judges 1:18
NET Translation: The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities.
DARBY Translation: And Judah took Gazah and its border, and Ashkelon and its border, and Ekron and its border.
KJV Translation: Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
Description: Judges 1:19
NET Translation: The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah was with Judah; and he took possession of the hill-country, for he did not dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
KJV Translation: And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out [the inhabitants of] the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Keywords: Caleb, Hebron
Description: Judges 1:20
NET Translation: Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.
DARBY Translation: And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.
KJV Translation: And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
Keywords: Benjamin, Jerusalem
Description: Judges 1:21
NET Translation: The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
KJV Translation: And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
Description: Judges 1:22
NET Translation: When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them.
DARBY Translation: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.
KJV Translation: And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them.
Description: Judges 1:23
NET Translation: When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),
DARBY Translation: And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.
KJV Translation: And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)
Description: Judges 1:24
NET Translation: the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”
DARBY Translation: And the guards saw a man come forth out of the city, and said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, how [we] may enter into the city, and we will shew thee kindness.
KJV Translation: And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
Description: Judges 1:25
NET Translation: He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.
DARBY Translation: And he shewed them how to enter into the city. And they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
KJV Translation: And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
Description: Judges 1:26
NET Translation: He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.
DARBY Translation: And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
KJV Translation: And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.
Description: Judges 1:27
NET Translation: The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shean, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.
DARBY Translation: And Manasseh did not dispossess Beth-shean and its dependent villages, nor Taanach and its dependent villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its dependent villages, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its dependent villages, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its dependent villages; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
KJV Translation: Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Verse Intro: Failure to Complete the Conquest
Description: Judges 1:28
NET Translation: Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Israel became strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
Description: Judges 1:29
NET Translation: The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
DARBY Translation: And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt among them in Gezer.
KJV Translation: Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Description: Judges 1:30
NET Translation: The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.
DARBY Translation: Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
KJV Translation: Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Description: Judges 1:31
NET Translation: The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, nor did they conquer Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.
DARBY Translation: Asher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor Ahlab, nor Achzib, nor Helbah, nor Aphik, nor Rehob;
KJV Translation: Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
Description: Judges 1:32
NET Translation: The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them.
DARBY Translation: and the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not dispossess them.
KJV Translation: But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
Description: Judges 1:33
NET Translation: The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.
DARBY Translation: Naphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; and he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries to them.
KJV Translation: Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
Description: Judges 1:34
NET Translation: The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain.
DARBY Translation: And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country, for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley.
KJV Translation: And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
Description: Judges 1:35
NET Translation: The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.
DARBY Translation: And the Amorites would dwell on mount Heres, in Ajalon and in Shaalbim; but the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, and they became tributaries.
KJV Translation: But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
Description: Judges 1:36
NET Translation: The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.
DARBY Translation: And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upwards.
KJV Translation: And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Keywords: Angel of the Lord, Bochim, Gilgal
Description: Judges 2:1
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you; and as for you,
KJV Translation: And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Verse Intro: Israel's Disobedience
Description: Judges 2:2
NET Translation: but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?
DARBY Translation: ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not hearkened unto my voice. Why have ye done this?
KJV Translation: And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Description: Judges 2:3
NET Translation: At that time I also warned you, ‘If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.’”
DARBY Translation: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [scourges] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
KJV Translation: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Description: Judges 2:4
NET Translation: When the angel of the Lord finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, when the Angel of Jehovah spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and wept.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Description: Judges 2:5
NET Translation: They named that place Bokim and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.
DARBY Translation: And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
Description: Judges 2:6
NET Translation: When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.
DARBY Translation: And Joshua dismissed the people, and the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
KJV Translation: And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Verse Intro: The Death of Joshua
Description: Judges 2:7
NET Translation: The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.
DARBY Translation: And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders whose days were prolonged after Joshua, who had seen all the great works of Jehovah, which he had done for Israel.
KJV Translation: And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
Description: Judges 2:8
NET Translation: Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of 110.
DARBY Translation: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, a hundred and ten years old.
KJV Translation: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.
Description: Judges 2:9
NET Translation: The people buried him in his allotted land in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
DARBY Translation: And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-Heres, in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the mountain of Gaash.
KJV Translation: And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
Description: Judges 2:10
NET Translation: That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.
DARBY Translation: And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, which knew not Jehovah, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
KJV Translation: And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Description: Judges 2:11
NET Translation: The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Verse Intro: Israel's Unfaithfulness
Description: Judges 2:12
NET Translation: They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods—the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the Lord angry.
DARBY Translation: And they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked Jehovah to anger.
KJV Translation: And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that [were] round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
Description: Judges 2:13
NET Translation: They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.
DARBY Translation: And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
KJV Translation: And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Description: Judges 2:14
NET Translation: The Lord was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.
DARBY Translation: And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about; and they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
KJV Translation: And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Description: Judges 2:15
NET Translation: Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.
DARBY Translation: Whithersoever they went out the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had said, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them; and they were greatly distressed.
KJV Translation: Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
Description: Judges 2:16
NET Translation: The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah raised up Judges, and they saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
KJV Translation: Nevertheless the LORD raised up Judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
Verse Intro: Cycles of Unfaithfulness - Judges Raised Up
Description: Judges 2:17
NET Translation: But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord’s commands, but they did not.
DARBY Translation: But they did not even hearken to their Judges, for they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them; they turned quickly out of the way that their fathers had walked in, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; they did not so.
KJV Translation: And yet they would not hearken unto their Judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.
Description: Judges 2:18
NET Translation: When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.
DARBY Translation: And when Jehovah raised them up Judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented Jehovah because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them.
KJV Translation: And when the LORD raised them up Judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Description: Judges 2:19
NET Translation: When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when the judge died, that they turned back and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them: they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, [that] they returned, and corrupted [themselves] more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Description: Judges 2:20
NET Translation: The Lord was furious with Israel. He said, “This nation has violated the terms of the covenant I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.
DARBY Translation: And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel; and he said, Because this nation hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and hath not hearkened unto my voice,
KJV Translation: And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Description: Judges 2:21
NET Translation: So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died,
DARBY Translation: I also will not henceforth dispossess from before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
KJV Translation: I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
Description: Judges 2:22
NET Translation: in order to test Israel. I want to see whether or not the people will carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do.”
DARBY Translation: that through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not.
KJV Translation: That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep [it], or not.
Description: Judges 2:23
NET Translation: This is why the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.
DARBY Translation: Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without dispossessing them hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
KJV Translation: Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Description: Judges 3:1
NET Translation: These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel—he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.
DARBY Translation: And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;
KJV Translation: Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Description: Judges 3:2
NET Translation: He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.
DARBY Translation: only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:
KJV Translation: Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
Description: Judges 3:3
NET Translation: These were the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
DARBY Translation: five lord ships of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwell on mount Lebanon; from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
KJV Translation: [Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
Description: Judges 3:4
NET Translation: They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.
DARBY Translation: And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
KJV Translation: And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Description: Judges 3:5
NET Translation: The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites: Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites;
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
Description: Judges 3:6
NET Translation: They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.
DARBY Translation: and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
KJV Translation: And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Description: Judges 3:7
NET Translation: The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
Verse Intro: First Cycle - Othniel Raised Up
Keywords: Cushan-Rishathaim
Description: Judges 3:8
NET Translation: The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan Rishathaim of Armon Haraim. They were Cushan Rishathaim’s subjects for eight years.
DARBY Translation: And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
KJV Translation: Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
Description: Judges 3:9
NET Translation: When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
KJV Translation: And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, [even] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Description: Judges 3:10
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the Lord handed over to him King Cushan Rishathaim of Armon and he overpowered him.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit of Jehovah was upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushan-rishathaim king of Syria into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
KJV Translation: And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
Keywords: Forty
Description: Judges 3:11
NET Translation: The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
DARBY Translation: And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
KJV Translation: And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Description: Judges 3:12
NET Translation: The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Verse Intro: Second Cycle - Ehud and Shmagar Raised Up
Keywords: Jericho, City of Palms
Description: Judges 3:13
NET Translation: Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the city of date palm trees.
DARBY Translation: And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel, and they took possession of the city of palm-trees.
KJV Translation: And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
Keywords: Eighteen
Description: Judges 3:14
NET Translation: The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
KJV Translation: So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Keywords: Left-handed
Description: Judges 3:15
NET Translation: When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. And by him the children of Israel sent a gift to Eglon king of Moab.
KJV Translation: But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Description: Judges 3:16
NET Translation: Ehud made himself a sword—it had two edges and was 18 inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.
DARBY Translation: And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.
KJV Translation: But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Keywords: Eglon
Description: Judges 3:17
NET Translation: He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)
DARBY Translation: And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.
KJV Translation: And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon [was] a very fat man.
Description: Judges 3:18
NET Translation: After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.
KJV Translation: And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
Description: Judges 3:19
NET Translation: But he went back once he reached the carved images at Gilgal. He said to Eglon, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” Eglon said, “Be quiet!” All his attendants left.
DARBY Translation: But he turned from the graven images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O king. And he said, Be silent! And all that stood by him went out from him.
KJV Translation: But he himself turned again from the quarries that [were] by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
Description: Judges 3:20
NET Translation: When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat,
DARBY Translation: And Ehud came to him; now he was sitting in the cool upper-chamber, which was for him alone. And Ehud said, I have a word from God unto thee. And he arose from the seat.
KJV Translation: And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of [his] seat.
Description: Judges 3:21
NET Translation: Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon’s belly.
DARBY Translation: Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
KJV Translation: And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Description: Judges 3:22
NET Translation: The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.
DARBY Translation: and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.
KJV Translation: And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
Description: Judges 3:23
NET Translation: As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
DARBY Translation: And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
KJV Translation: Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Description: Judges 3:24
NET Translation: When Ehud had left, Eglon’s servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room.”
DARBY Translation: And when he was gone out, the servants of the [king] came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.
KJV Translation: When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour [were] locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
Description: Judges 3:25
NET Translation: They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor!
DARBY Translation: And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper-chamber, and they took the key, and opened [them], and behold, their lord lay dead on the earth.
KJV Translation: And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, behold, their lord [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
Description: Judges 3:26
NET Translation: Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.
DARBY Translation: And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
KJV Translation: And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Description: Judges 3:27
NET Translation: When he reached Seirah, he blew a trumpet in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
Description: Judges 3:28
NET Translation: He said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered no one to pass over.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
Description: Judges 3:29
NET Translation: That day they killed about 10,000 Moabites—all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.
DARBY Translation: And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.
KJV Translation: And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
Description: Judges 3:30
NET Translation: Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
DARBY Translation: And Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
KJV Translation: So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Keywords: Shamgar, Philistines
Description: Judges 3:31
NET Translation: After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. He killed 600 Philistines with an oxgoad. So he also delivered Israel.
DARBY Translation: And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.
KJV Translation: And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
Description: Judges 4:1
NET Translation: The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight after Ehud’s death.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; now Ehud was dead.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Verse Intro: Third Cycle - Deborah and Barak Raised Up
Keywords: Jabin, Hazor
Description: Judges 4:2
NET Translation: The Lord turned them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the captain of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-Goim.
KJV Translation: And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Description: Judges 4:3
NET Translation: The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera had 900 chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel twenty years.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Keywords: Prophetess
Description: Judges 4:4
NET Translation: Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
DARBY Translation: And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, judged Israel at that time.
KJV Translation: And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Description: Judges 4:5
NET Translation: She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.
DARBY Translation: And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
KJV Translation: And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Description: Judges 4:6
NET Translation: She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, “Is it not true that the Lord God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you 10,000 men from Naphtali and Zebulun.
DARBY Translation: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and said to him, Hath not Jehovah the God of Israel commanded? Go and draw towards mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun,
KJV Translation: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, [saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Description: Judges 4:7
NET Translation: I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army. I will hand him over to you.”
DARBY Translation: and I will draw unto thee, to the torrent Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, and his chariots and his multitude, and I will give him into thy hand.
KJV Translation: And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
Description: Judges 4:8
NET Translation: Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go. But if you do not go with me, I will not go.”
DARBY Translation: And Barak said to her, If thou goest with me, then I will go, but if thou goest not with me, I will not go.
KJV Translation: And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go.
Description: Judges 4:9
NET Translation: She said, “I will indeed go with you. But you will not gain fame on the expedition you are undertaking, for the Lord will turn Sisera over to a woman.” Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
DARBY Translation: And she said, I will by all means go with thee, only that it will not be to thine honour upon the way which thou goest, for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
KJV Translation: And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Keywords: Zebulun, Naphtali
Description: Judges 4:10
NET Translation: Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and 10,000 men followed him; Deborah went up with him as well.
DARBY Translation: And Barak called together Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and there went up at his feet ten thousand men; and Deborah went up with him.
KJV Translation: And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Keywords: Heber
Description: Judges 4:11
NET Translation: Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law. He lived near the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
DARBY Translation: (Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak of Zaannaim, which is by Kedesh.)
KJV Translation: Now Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.
Keywords: Tabor
Description: Judges 4:12
NET Translation: When Sisera heard that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
DARBY Translation: And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to mount Tabor.
KJV Translation: And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
Description: Judges 4:13
NET Translation: he ordered all his chariotry—900 chariots with iron-rimmed wheels—and all the troops he had with him to go from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
DARBY Translation: Then Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth-Goim to the torrent Kishon.
KJV Translation: And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, [even] nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that [were] with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
Description: Judges 4:14
NET Translation: Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! Has the Lord not taken the lead?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.
DARBY Translation: And Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand! Is not Jehovah gone out before thee? And Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
KJV Translation: And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Description: Judges 4:15
NET Translation: The Lord routed Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. Sisera jumped out of his chariot and ran away on foot.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from [his] chariot, and fled on foot.
KJV Translation: And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all [his] chariots, and all [his] host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off [his] chariot, and fled away on his feet.
Description: Judges 4:16
NET Translation: Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera’s whole army died by the edge of the sword; not even one survived!
DARBY Translation: And Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth-Goim; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not one was left.
KJV Translation: But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; [and] there was not a man left.
Keywords: Jael, Heber
Description: Judges 4:17
NET Translation: Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty.
DARBY Translation: And Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
KJV Translation: Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Description: Judges 4:18
NET Translation: Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, “Stop and rest, my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.
DARBY Translation: And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in to her, into the tent, and she covered him with the quilt.
KJV Translation: And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
Keywords: Milk
Description: Judges 4:19
NET Translation: He said to her, “Give me a little water to drink, because I’m thirsty.” She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again.
DARBY Translation: And he said to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. And she opened the flask of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
KJV Translation: And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Description: Judges 4:20
NET Translation: He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
DARBY Translation: And he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be if any one come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
KJV Translation: Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
Keywords: Tent Peg, Hammer
Description: Judges 4:21
NET Translation: Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died.
DARBY Translation: And Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took the hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it penetrated into the ground; for he had fallen into a deep sleep and was faint; and he died.
KJV Translation: Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
Verse Intro: Sisera Dies at Hand of Jael
Description: Judges 4:22
NET Translation: Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, “Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for.” He went with her into the tent, and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead with the tent peg through his temple.
DARBY Translation: And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael went out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And he went into her [tent], and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the pin was in his temples.
KJV Translation: And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her [tent], behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail [was] in his temples.
Description: Judges 4:23
NET Translation: That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.
DARBY Translation: So God subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
KJV Translation: So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Description: Judges 4:24
NET Translation: Israel’s power continued to overwhelm King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with him.
DARBY Translation: And the hand of the children of Israel ever advanced, and prevailed against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had cut off Jabin king of Canaan.
KJV Translation: And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Description: Judges 5:1
NET Translation: On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song:
DARBY Translation: Then sang Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, on that day, saying,
KJV Translation: Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Verse Intro: The Song of Deborah and Barak
Description: Judges 5:2
NET Translation: “When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war—Praise the Lord!
DARBY Translation: For that leaders led in Israel, For that the people willingly offered themselves, Bless Jehovah!
KJV Translation: Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Description: Judges 5:3
NET Translation: Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the Lord! I will sing to the Lord God of Israel!
DARBY Translation: Hear, ye kings; give ear, ye princes, I, [even] I, will sing to Jehovah; I will hymn to Jehovah the God of Israel.
KJV Translation: Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing [praise] to the LORD God of Israel.
Description: Judges 5:4
NET Translation: O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah, when thou wentest forth from Seir, When thou marchedst out of the fields of Edom, The earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
KJV Translation: LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
Description: Judges 5:5
NET Translation: The mountains trembled before the Lord, the God of Sinai; before the Lord God of Israel.
DARBY Translation: The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah, That Sinai, from before Jehovah the God of Israel.
KJV Translation: The mountains melted from before the LORD, [even] that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
Description: Judges 5:6
NET Translation: In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.
DARBY Translation: In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, The roads were unused, and the travellers on highways went by crooked paths.
KJV Translation: In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
Description: Judges 5:7
NET Translation: Warriors were scarce; they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.
DARBY Translation: The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
KJV Translation: [The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Description: Judges 5:8
NET Translation: God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found among forty military units in Israel.
DARBY Translation: They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
KJV Translation: They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Description: Judges 5:9
NET Translation: My heart went out to Israel’s leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the Lord!
DARBY Translation: My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah!
KJV Translation: My heart [is] toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
Description: Judges 5:10
NET Translation: You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!
DARBY Translation: Ye that ride on white she-asses, ye that sit on carpets, and ye that walk by the way, consider.
KJV Translation: Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Description: Judges 5:11
NET Translation: Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates—
DARBY Translation: Because of the voice of those who divide [the spoil] in the midst of the places of drawing water; There they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, His righteous acts toward his villages in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
KJV Translation: [They that are delivered] from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, [even] the righteous acts [toward the inhabitants] of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
Description: Judges 5:12
NET Translation: Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam!
DARBY Translation: Awake, awake, Deborah! awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead captive thy captives, thou son of Abinoam!
KJV Translation: Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Description: Judges 5:13
NET Translation: Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the Lord’s people came down to me as warriors.
DARBY Translation: Then come down, thou, the remnant of nobles, [as his] people; Jehovah! come down with me in the midst of the mighty ones.
KJV Translation: Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
Description: Judges 5:14
NET Translation: They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek; they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer’s staff.
DARBY Translation: Out of Ephraim [came] those whose root was in Amalek; After thee was Benjamin among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handled the staff of the ruler.
KJV Translation: Out of Ephraim [was there] a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Description: Judges 5:15
NET Translation: Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah; the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching.
DARBY Translation: And the princes in Issachar were with Deborah; And Issachar, like Barak; They were sent into the valley at his feet. In the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart!
KJV Translation: And the princes of Issachar [were] with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great thoughts of heart.
Description: Judges 5:16
NET Translation: Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben—there was intense searching of heart.
DARBY Translation: Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the bleating of the flocks? In the divisions of Reuben there were great deliberations of heart!
KJV Translation: Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben [there were] great searchings of heart.
Description: Judges 5:17
NET Translation: Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan—why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast; he stayed by his harbors.
DARBY Translation: Gilead abode beyond Jordan; And Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat on the sea-shore, And abode in his creeks.
KJV Translation: Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
Description: Judges 5:18
NET Translation: The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged onto the battlefields.
DARBY Translation: Zebulun is a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto death, Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
KJV Translation: Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
Description: Judges 5:19
NET Translation: Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.
DARBY Translation: Kings came, they fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan; At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; They took no spoil of silver.
KJV Translation: The kings came [and] fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
Description: Judges 5:20
NET Translation: From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.
DARBY Translation: From heaven was the fight; The stars from their courses fought with Sisera.
KJV Translation: They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Description: Judges 5:21
NET Translation: The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them—the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!
DARBY Translation: The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. My soul, thou hast trodden down strength!
KJV Translation: The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Description: Judges 5:22
NET Translation: The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.
DARBY Translation: Then did the horse-hoofs clatter with the coursings, The coursings of their steeds.
KJV Translation: Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Description: Judges 5:23
NET Translation: ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord; ‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’
DARBY Translation: Curse Meroz, saith the Angel of Jehovah; Curse, curse the inhabitants thereof; For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty.
KJV Translation: Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Description: Judges 5:24
NET Translation: The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.
DARBY Translation: Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, Blessed above women in the tent!
KJV Translation: Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Description: Judges 5:25
NET Translation: He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds.
DARBY Translation: He asked water, she gave milk; In the nobles' bowl she brought forth cream.
KJV Translation: He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
Description: Judges 5:26
NET Translation: Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She “hammered” Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple.
DARBY Translation: She put her hand to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And she smote Sisera, she struck through his head, Shattered and pierced through his temples.
KJV Translation: She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Description: Judges 5:27
NET Translation: Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell—violently killed!
DARBY Translation: Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell, overcome.
KJV Translation: At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Description: Judges 5:28
NET Translation: Through the window she looked; Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot horses delayed?’
DARBY Translation: Them other of Sisera looketh out at the window, And crieth through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the trampings of his chariots?
KJV Translation: The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Description: Judges 5:29
NET Translation: The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,
DARBY Translation: The wise amongst her ladies answer [her], Yea, she returneth answer to herself,
KJV Translation: Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Description: Judges 5:30
NET Translation: ‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder—a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’
DARBY Translation: Have they not found, divided the booty, A damsel, two damsels, to each? A booty of dyed stuffs for Sisera, A booty of dyed stuffs of embroidery, Dyed stuff of double embroidery for the neck of a spoiler?
KJV Translation: Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil?
Description: Judges 5:31
NET Translation: May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
DARBY Translation: So let all thine enemies perish, Jehovah! But let them that love him be as the rising of the sun in its might. And the land had rest forty years.
KJV Translation: So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Keywords: Seven
Description: Judges 6:1
NET Translation: The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Verse Intro: Midian Oppresses Israel
Description: Judges 6:2
NET Translation: The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, caves, and strongholds.
DARBY Translation: And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
KJV Translation: And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
Description: Judges 6:3
NET Translation: Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up, and Amalek, and the children of the east, and came up against them.
KJV Translation: And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Description: Judges 6:4
NET Translation: They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
DARBY Translation: And they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the land, until thou come to Gazah, and they left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
KJV Translation: And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Description: Judges 6:5
NET Translation: When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.
DARBY Translation: For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into the land to destroy it.
KJV Translation: For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
Description: Judges 6:6
NET Translation: Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
DARBY Translation: And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian. And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
Description: Judges 6:7
NET Translation: When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of Midian,
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when the children of Israel cried to Jehovah because of Midian,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
Description: Judges 6:8
NET Translation: the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery.
DARBY Translation: that Jehovah sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
KJV Translation: That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
Description: Judges 6:9
NET Translation: I rescued you from Egypt’s power and from the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave their land to you.
DARBY Translation: and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land,
KJV Translation: And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
Description: Judges 6:10
NET Translation: I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living.” But you have disobeyed me.’”
DARBY Translation: and I said to you, I am Jehovah your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But ye have not hearkened to my voice.
KJV Translation: And I said unto you, I [am] the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
Keywords: Angel of the Lord
Description: Judges 6:11
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.
DARBY Translation: And an angel of Jehovah came and sat under the terebinth that was in Ophrah, that [belonged] to Joash the Abi-ezrite. And his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, to secure [it] from the Midianites.
KJV Translation: And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it] from the Midianites.
Verse Intro: Fourth Cycle - The Call of Gideon
Description: Judges 6:12
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
KJV Translation: And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Description: Judges 6:13
NET Translation: Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”
DARBY Translation: And Gideon said to him, Ah my Lord, if Jehovah be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles that our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? And now Jehovah hath cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.
KJV Translation: And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where [be] all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Description: Judges 6:14
NET Translation: Then the Lord himself turned to him and said, “You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have not I sent thee?
KJV Translation: And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
Description: Judges 6:15
NET Translation: Gideon said to him, “But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to him, Ah Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
KJV Translation: And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family [is] poor in Manasseh, and I [am] the least in my father's house.
Description: Judges 6:16
NET Translation: The Lord said to him, “Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to him, I will certainly be with thee; and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Description: Judges 6:17
NET Translation: Gideon said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
DARBY Translation: And he said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, shew me a sign that it is thou who talkest with me.
KJV Translation: And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Description: Judges 6:18
NET Translation: Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you.” The Lord said, “I will stay here until you come back.”
DARBY Translation: Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
KJV Translation: Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set [it] before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Description: Judges 6:19
NET Translation: Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour in unleavened cakes: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the terebinth, and presented it.
KJV Translation: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto him under the oak, and presented [it].
Description: Judges 6:20
NET Translation: God’s angel said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
KJV Translation: And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay [them] upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
Description: Judges 6:21
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The angel of the Lord then disappeared.
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
KJV Translation: Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Description: Judges 6:22
NET Translation: When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he said, “Oh no! Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face-to-face!”
DARBY Translation: And Gideon perceived that he was an angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! for because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face
KJV Translation: And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
Description: Judges 6:23
NET Translation: The Lord said to him, “You are safe! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die!”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to him, Peace be unto thee: fear not; thou shalt not die.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto him, Peace [be] unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Description: Judges 6:24
NET Translation: Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
KJV Translation: Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Description: Judges 6:25
NET Translation: That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said to him, Take the young bullock, which thy father hath, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
KJV Translation: And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:
Description: Judges 6:26
NET Translation: Then build an altar for the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down.”
DARBY Translation: and build an altar to Jehovah thy God upon the top of this strong place in the ordered manner, and take the second bullock, and offer up a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah that thou shalt cut down.
KJV Translation: And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Description: Judges 6:27
NET Translation: So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had said to him. And it came to pass, because he feared his father's house, and the men of the city, if he did it by day, that he did it by night.
KJV Translation: Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and [so] it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do [it] by day, that he did [it] by night.
Description: Judges 6:28
NET Translation: When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.
DARBY Translation: And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered up upon the altar that was built.
KJV Translation: And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that [was] by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar [that was] built.
Verse Intro: Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal
Description: Judges 6:29
NET Translation: They said to one another, “Who did this?” They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.
DARBY Translation: And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.
KJV Translation: And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
Description: Judges 6:30
NET Translation: The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him! He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”
DARBY Translation: And the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
KJV Translation: Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it.
Description: Judges 6:31
NET Translation: But Joash said to all those who confronted him, “Must you fight Baal’s battles? Must you rescue him? Whoever takes up his cause will die by morning! If he really is a god, let him fight his own battles! After all, it was his altar that was pulled down.”
DARBY Translation: And Joash said to all that stood near him, Will *ye* contend for Baal? or will *ye* save him? he that contends for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning. If he be a god, let him plead for himself, because they have broken down his altar.
KJV Translation: And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he [be] a god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his altar.
Keywords: Jerubbaal
Description: Judges 6:32
NET Translation: That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub Baal, because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”
DARBY Translation: And on that day they called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead with him, because he has broken down his altar.
KJV Translation: Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
Keywords: Midianites, Amalekites
Description: Judges 6:33
NET Translation: All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east assembled. They crossed the Jordan River and camped in the Jezreel Valley.
DARBY Translation: And all Midian and Amalek and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
KJV Translation: Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Keywords: Spirit
Description: Judges 6:34
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon, and he blew the trumpet, and the Abi-ezrites were gathered after him.
KJV Translation: But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
Verse Intro: Gideon Calls for Warriors - 32,000 Respond
Description: Judges 6:35
NET Translation: He sent messengers throughout Manasseh and summoned them to follow him as well. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet him.
DARBY Translation: And he sent messengers throughout Manasseh, and they also were gathered after him; and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
KJV Translation: And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
Description: Judges 6:36
NET Translation: Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
KJV Translation: And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Verse Intro: Gideon Asks for a Sign - The Fleece and Dew
Description: Judges 6:37
NET Translation: Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised.”
DARBY Translation: behold, I put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if dew shall be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
KJV Translation: Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; [and] if the dew be on the fleece only, and [it be] dry upon all the earth [beside], then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Description: Judges 6:38
NET Translation: The Lord did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.
DARBY Translation: And it was so. And when he rose up early on the morrow, he pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water.
KJV Translation: And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
Description: Judges 6:39
NET Translation: Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.”
DARBY Translation: And Gideon said to God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once! Let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it, I pray thee, be dry upon the fleece only, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
KJV Translation: And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
Description: Judges 6:40
NET Translation: That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.
DARBY Translation: And God did so that night, and it was dry upon the fleece only, but on all the ground there was dew.
KJV Translation: And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Description: Judges 7:1
NET Translation: Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.
DARBY Translation: And Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, arose early, and all the people that were with him, and they encamped beside the spring Harod; and he had the camp of Midian on the north by the hill of Moreh in the valley.
KJV Translation: Then Jerubbaal, who [is] Gideon, and all the people that [were] with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Verse Intro: The Army of Israel Reduced to 300
Description: Judges 7:2
NET Translation: The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag, ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give Midian into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Description: Judges 7:3
NET Translation: Now, announce to the men, ‘Whoever is shaking with fear may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” 22,000 men went home; 10,000 remained.
DARBY Translation: And now proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is timid and afraid, let him go back and turn from mount Gilead. And there went back of the people twenty-two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
KJV Translation: Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever [is] fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Description: Judges 7:4
NET Translation: The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; when I say, ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to Gideon, Still the people are many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for thee there, and it shall be, that of whom I shall say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I shall say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people [are] yet [too] many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
Description: Judges 7:5
NET Translation: So he brought the men down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.”
DARBY Translation: And he brought down the people to the water; and Jehovah said to Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down on his knees to drink.
KJV Translation: So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Description: Judges 7:6
NET Translation: Only 300 men lapped with their hands to their mouths; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water.
DARBY Translation: And the number of them that lapped, with their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
KJV Translation: And the number of them that lapped, [putting] their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Description: Judges 7:7
NET Translation: The Lord said to Gideon, “With the 300 men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and give Midian into thy hand; and let all the people go every man to his place.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.
Description: Judges 7:8
NET Translation: The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only 300 men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley.
DARBY Translation: And they took the victuals of the people in their hand, and their trumpets; and all the men of Israel he sent away, every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
KJV Translation: So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all [the rest of] Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Description: Judges 7:9
NET Translation: That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass in that night, that Jehovah said to him, Arise, go down to the camp; for I have given it into thy hand.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Description: Judges 7:10
NET Translation: But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant
DARBY Translation: And if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the camp;
KJV Translation: But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
Description: Judges 7:11
NET Translation: and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp.
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterwards shall thy hand be strengthened, and thou shalt go down unto the camp. And he went down with Phurah his servant to the outside of the armed men that were in the camp.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that [were] in the host.
Description: Judges 7:12
NET Translation: Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.
DARBY Translation: And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east lay along in the valley as locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand upon the sea-shore for multitude.
KJV Translation: And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels [were] without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
Keywords: Bread
Description: Judges 7:13
NET Translation: When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, “Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed.”
DARBY Translation: And Gideon came, and behold, a man was telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley-bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it; and the tent lay along.
KJV Translation: And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Verse Intro: Dream in Camp of Midian Assures Gideon
Description: Judges 7:14
NET Translation: The other man said, “Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”
DARBY Translation: And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, the man of Israel: God hath given into his hand Midian and all the host.
KJV Translation: And his fellow answered and said, This [is] nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: [for] into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
Description: Judges 7:15
NET Translation: When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped. And he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.
KJV Translation: And it was [so], when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
Description: Judges 7:16
NET Translation: He divided the 300 men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.
DARBY Translation: And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, and empty pitchers, and torches within the pitchers.
KJV Translation: And he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Description: Judges 7:17
NET Translation: He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise; behold, when I come to the extremity of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be [that], as I do, so shall ye do.
Keywords: Trumpets
Description: Judges 7:18
NET Translation: When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”
DARBY Translation: And when I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, ye also shall blow the trumpets around the whole camp, and shall say, For Jehovah and for Gideon!
KJV Translation: When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Description: Judges 7:19
NET Translation: Gideon took 100 men to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch; and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
KJV Translation: So Gideon, and the hundred men that [were] with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that [were] in their hands.
Verse Intro: Gideon Defeats Midian
Description: Judges 7:20
NET Translation: All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
DARBY Translation: And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!
KJV Translation: And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow [withal]: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Description: Judges 7:21
NET Translation: They stood in order all around the camp. The whole Midianite army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.
DARBY Translation: And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.
KJV Translation: And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
Description: Judges 7:22
NET Translation: When the 300 men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
DARBY Translation: And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
KJV Translation: And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, [and] to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
Description: Judges 7:23
NET Translation: Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel were called together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
KJV Translation: And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
Keywords: Oreb, Zeeb
Description: Judges 7:24
NET Translation: Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, “Go down and head off the Midianites. Take control of the fords of the streams all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.” When all the Ephraimites had assembled, they took control of the fords all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon sent messengers throughout mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah, and the Jordan. And all the men of Ephraim were called together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah, and the Jordan.
KJV Translation: And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
Verse Intro: Ephraim Called to Help - Slay Oreb and Zeeb
Description: Judges 7:25
NET Translation: They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb. They executed Oreb on the rock of Oreb and Zeeb in the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was now on the other side of the Jordan River.
DARBY Translation: And they took two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
KJV Translation: And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Description: Judges 8:1
NET Translation: The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing thou hast done to us, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they disputed with him sharply.
KJV Translation: And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
Description: Judges 8:2
NET Translation: He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest!
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Description: Judges 8:3
NET Translation: It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” When he said this, they calmed down.
DARBY Translation: Into your hands hath God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their spirit was appeased toward him, when he said that word.
KJV Translation: God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
Description: Judges 8:4
NET Translation: Now Gideon and his 300 men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
KJV Translation: And Gideon came to Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing [them].
Verse Intro: Succoth Refuses to Help Gideon and Army
Description: Judges 8:5
NET Translation: He said to the men of Sukkoth, “Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me, for they are faint; and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
KJV Translation: And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Description: Judges 8:6
NET Translation: The officials of Sukkoth said, “You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?”
DARBY Translation: And the chief men of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy hand, that we should give bread to thine army?
KJV Translation: And the princes of Succoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
Description: Judges 8:7
NET Translation: Gideon said, “Since you will not help, after the Lord hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers.”
DARBY Translation: And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah delivers Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will thresh your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and with briars.
KJV Translation: And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
Description: Judges 8:8
NET Translation: He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Sukkoth had.
DARBY Translation: And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
KJV Translation: And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered [him].
Verse Intro: Penuel Refuses to Help Gideon and Army
Description: Judges 8:9
NET Translation: He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, “When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”
DARBY Translation: And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
KJV Translation: And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Description: Judges 8:10
NET Translation: Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about 15,000 survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; 120,000 sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.
DARBY Translation: Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camp with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of the whole camp of the children of the east; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
KJV Translation: Now Zebah and Zalmunna [were] in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Verse Intro: Gideon Captures Zebah and Zalmunna
Description: Judges 8:11
NET Translation: Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the camp; for the camp was at its ease.
KJV Translation: And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
Description: Judges 8:12
NET Translation: When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.
DARBY Translation: And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the camp.
KJV Translation: And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
Description: Judges 8:13
NET Translation: Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, from the ascent of Heres.
KJV Translation: And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun [was up],
Verse Intro: Gideon Chastens Succoth and Penuel
Description: Judges 8:14
NET Translation: He captured a young man from Sukkoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Sukkoth’s officials and city leaders—seventy-seven men in all.
DARBY Translation: And he caught a youth of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the chief men of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy-seven men.
KJV Translation: And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen men.
Description: Judges 8:15
NET Translation: He approached the men of Sukkoth and said, “Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, ‘You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’”
DARBY Translation: And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are weary?
KJV Translation: And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men [that are] weary?
Description: Judges 8:16
NET Translation: He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then “threshed” the men of Sukkoth with them.
DARBY Translation: And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
KJV Translation: And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
Description: Judges 8:17
NET Translation: He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city’s men.
DARBY Translation: And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
KJV Translation: And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Description: Judges 8:18
NET Translation: He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.”
DARBY Translation: Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What sort of men were they that ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the sons of a king.
KJV Translation: Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.
Verse Intro: Gideon Kills Zebah and Zalmunna
Description: Judges 8:19
NET Translation: He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear, as surely as the Lord is alive, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
DARBY Translation: And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. [As] Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
KJV Translation: And he said, They [were] my brethren, [even] the sons of my mother: [as] the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Description: Judges 8:20
NET Translation: He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young.
DARBY Translation: And he said to Jether his firstborn, Arise, slay them! But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
KJV Translation: And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.
Description: Judges 8:21
NET Translation: Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Come on, you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
DARBY Translation: Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall on us; for as is the man, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the moons that were on their camels' necks.
KJV Translation: Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man [is, so is] his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that [were] on their camels' necks.
Description: Judges 8:22
NET Translation: The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.”
DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.
KJV Translation: Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
Description: Judges 8:23
NET Translation: Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.”
DARBY Translation: And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you.
KJV Translation: And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
Description: Judges 8:24
NET Translation: Gideon continued, “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” (The Midianites had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
DARBY Translation: And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you: give me every man the earrings of his booty; for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.
KJV Translation: And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)
Description: Judges 8:25
NET Translation: They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
DARBY Translation: And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.
KJV Translation: And they answered, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
Description: Judges 8:26
NET Translation: The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to 1,700 gold shekels. This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels.
DARBY Translation: And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
KJV Translation: And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their camels' necks.
Keywords: Ephod
Description: Judges 8:27
NET Translation: Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
KJV Translation: And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Verse Intro: Gideon's Ephod in Ophrah
Keywords: Forty
Description: Judges 8:28
NET Translation: The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time.
DARBY Translation: And Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
KJV Translation: Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
Description: Judges 8:29
NET Translation: Then Jerub Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.
DARBY Translation: And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his house.
KJV Translation: And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
Verse Intro: Gideon's Death and Burial
Keywords: Seventy
Description: Judges 8:30
NET Translation: Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.
DARBY Translation: Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.
KJV Translation: And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Keywords: Abimelech
Description: Judges 8:31
NET Translation: His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
DARBY Translation: And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name of Abimelech.
KJV Translation: And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
Description: Judges 8:32
NET Translation: Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
DARBY Translation: And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
KJV Translation: And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Description: Judges 8:33
NET Translation: After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal Berith their god.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baals, and set up Baal-Berith as their god.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
Description: Judges 8:34
NET Translation: The Israelites did not remain true to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
Description: Judges 8:35
NET Translation: They did not treat the family of Jerub Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.
DARBY Translation: And they shewed no kindness to the house of Jerubbaal-Gideon, according to all the good that he had done to Israel.
KJV Translation: Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [namely], Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Description: Judges 9:1
NET Translation: Now Abimelech son of Jerub Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family,
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
KJV Translation: And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
Verse Intro: Abimelech's Conspiracy - Made King
Description: Judges 9:2
NET Translation: “Tell all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want to have seventy men, all Jerub Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’”
DARBY Translation: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, Which is better for you, that seventy persons, all sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you? And remember that I am your bone and your flesh.
KJV Translation: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.
Description: Judges 9:3
NET Translation: His mother’s relatives spoke on his behalf to all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; they said, “He is our close relative.”
DARBY Translation: And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem all these words. And their heart inclined after Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
KJV Translation: And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He [is] our brother.
Description: Judges 9:4
NET Translation: They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.
DARBY Translation: And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them vain and wanton men, and they followed him.
KJV Translation: And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
Keywords: Jotham
Description: Judges 9:5
NET Translation: He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub Baal’s youngest son, escaped, because he hid.
DARBY Translation: And he came to his father's house, to Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons upon one stone; but there remained Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal; for he had hid himself.
KJV Translation: And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
Description: Judges 9:6
NET Translation: All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
DARBY Translation: And all the citizens of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the memorial-oak that is in Shechem.
KJV Translation: And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem.
Keywords: Gerizim
Description: Judges 9:7
NET Translation: When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
DARBY Translation: And they told it to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.
KJV Translation: And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
Keywords: Olive
Description: Judges 9:8
NET Translation: “The trees were determined to go out and choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’
DARBY Translation: The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us.
KJV Translation: The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Description: Judges 9:9
NET Translation: But the olive tree said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!’
DARBY Translation: And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?
KJV Translation: But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Keywords: Fig
Description: Judges 9:10
NET Translation: “So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’
DARBY Translation: And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, reign over us.
KJV Translation: And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
Description: Judges 9:11
NET Translation: But the fig tree said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’
DARBY Translation: But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?
KJV Translation: But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Keywords: Vine
Description: Judges 9:12
NET Translation: “So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!’
DARBY Translation: Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
KJV Translation: Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
Description: Judges 9:13
NET Translation: But the grapevine said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’
DARBY Translation: And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave over the trees?
KJV Translation: And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Keywords: Bramble, Thornbush
Description: Judges 9:14
NET Translation: “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’
DARBY Translation: Then said all the trees to the thorn-bush, Come thou, reign over us.
KJV Translation: Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
Description: Judges 9:15
NET Translation: The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches. Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
DARBY Translation: And the thorn-bush said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, come, put confidence in my shadow; but if not, fire shall come out of the thorn-bush and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
KJV Translation: And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Description: Judges 9:16
NET Translation: “Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub Baal and his family, if you have properly repaid him—
DARBY Translation: Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and sincerely in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and if ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands;
KJV Translation: Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
Description: Judges 9:17
NET Translation: my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian’s power.
DARBY Translation: for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
KJV Translation: (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
Description: Judges 9:18
NET Translation: But you have attacked my father’s family today. You murdered his seventy legitimate sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative.
DARBY Translation: but ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your brother;
KJV Translation: And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he [is] your brother;)
Description: Judges 9:19
NET Translation: So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub Baal and his family today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness!
DARBY Translation: if ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;
KJV Translation: If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, [then] rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
Description: Judges 9:20
NET Translation: But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”
DARBY Translation: but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the citizens of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
KJV Translation: But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Description: Judges 9:21
NET Translation: Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.
DARBY Translation: And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, because of Abimelech his brother.
KJV Translation: And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Description: Judges 9:22
NET Translation: Abimelech commanded Israel for three years.
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.
KJV Translation: When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
Verse Intro: Shechem Deals Treacherously with Abimelech
Description: Judges 9:23
NET Translation: God sent a spirit to stir up hostility between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal to Abimelech.
DARBY Translation: And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
KJV Translation: Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
Description: Judges 9:24
NET Translation: He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub Baal’s seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them.
DARBY Translation: that the violence [done] to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the citizens of Shechem, who had strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
KJV Translation: That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
Description: Judges 9:25
NET Translation: The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it.
DARBY Translation: And the citizens of Shechem set liers in wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them. And it was told Abimelech.
KJV Translation: And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
Description: Judges 9:26
NET Translation: Gaal son of Ebed came through Shechem with his brothers. The leaders of Shechem transferred their loyalty to him.
DARBY Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem put confidence in him.
KJV Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
Description: Judges 9:27
NET Translation: They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, squeezed out the juice, and celebrated. They came to the temple of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
DARBY Translation: And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made rejoicings, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
KJV Translation: And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Description: Judges 9:28
NET Translation: Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub Baal, and is not Zebul the deputy he appointed? Serve the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve Abimelech?
DARBY Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is he not the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his overseer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem! and why should *we* serve him?
KJV Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who [is] Abimelech, and who [is] Shechem, that we should serve him? [is] not [he] the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
Description: Judges 9:29
NET Translation: If only these men were under my command, I would get rid of Abimelech!” He challenged Abimelech, “Muster your army and come out for battle!”
DARBY Translation: Oh! would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
KJV Translation: And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
Description: Judges 9:30
NET Translation: When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious.
DARBY Translation: And Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, and his anger was kindled;
KJV Translation: And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
Description: Judges 9:31
NET Translation: He sent messengers to Abimelech, who was in Arumah, reporting, “Beware! Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming to Shechem and inciting the city to rebel against you.
DARBY Translation: and he sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem, and behold, they shut up the city against thee;
KJV Translation: And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
Description: Judges 9:32
NET Translation: Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.
DARBY Translation: and now, rise up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in ambush in the fields.
KJV Translation: Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that [is] with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
Description: Judges 9:33
NET Translation: In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.”
DARBY Translation: And it shall be in the morning when the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and fall upon the city; and behold, he and the people that is with him shall come out against thee, and thou shalt do with him as thou shalt find occasion.
KJV Translation: And it shall be, [that] in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, [when] he and the people that [is] with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
Description: Judges 9:34
NET Translation: So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem; they divided into four units.
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies.
KJV Translation: And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that [were] with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Description: Judges 9:35
NET Translation: When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.
DARBY Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. Then Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, out of the ambush.
KJV Translation: And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that [were] with him, from lying in wait.
Description: Judges 9:36
NET Translation: Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills—it just looks like men.”
DARBY Translation: And Gaal saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.
KJV Translation: And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as [if they were] men.
Description: Judges 9:37
NET Translation: Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center of the land. A unit is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.”
DARBY Translation: And Gaal spoke again, and said, Behold, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and one company is coming along by the way of the Magician's oak.
KJV Translation: And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
Description: Judges 9:38
NET Translation: Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men you insulted? Go out now and fight them!”
DARBY Translation: Then said Zebul to him, Where is now thy mouth, thou that saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight against them.
KJV Translation: Then said Zebul unto him, Where [is] now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who [is] Abimelech, that we should serve him? [is] not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
Description: Judges 9:39
NET Translation: So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.
DARBY Translation: And Gaal went out before the citizens of Shechem, and fought against Abimelech.
KJV Translation: And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Description: Judges 9:40
NET Translation: Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, as far as the entrance of the gate.
KJV Translation: And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown [and] wounded, [even] unto the entering of the gate.
Description: Judges 9:41
NET Translation: Abimelech went back to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah. And Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they might not dwell in Shechem.
KJV Translation: And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Description: Judges 9:42
NET Translation: The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it,
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
Description: Judges 9:43
NET Translation: he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.
DARBY Translation: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and lay in ambush in the field. And he looked, and behold, the people came forth out of the city; and he rose up against them and smote them.
KJV Translation: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people [were] come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
Description: Judges 9:44
NET Translation: Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and two of the companies ran upon all that were in the fields, and slew them.
KJV Translation: And Abimelech, and the company that [was] with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two [other] companies ran upon all [the people] that [were] in the fields, and slew them.
Description: Judges 9:45
NET Translation: Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it.
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and broke down the city, and sowed it with salt.
KJV Translation: And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
Verse Intro: Abimelech Defeats Shechem
Description: Judges 9:46
NET Translation: When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El Berith.
DARBY Translation: And all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], and they entered into the stronghold of the house of the God Berith.
KJV Translation: And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
Description: Judges 9:47
NET Translation: Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.
DARBY Translation: And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.
KJV Translation: And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Description: Judges 9:48
NET Translation: He and all his men went up on Mount Zalmon. He took an ax in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!”
DARBY Translation: Then Abimelech went up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people that was with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, do as I have done.
KJV Translation: And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that [were] with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid [it] on his shoulder, and said unto the people that [were] with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, [and] do as I [have done].
Description: Judges 9:49
NET Translation: So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.
DARBY Translation: And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and they followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and burned the hold with fire upon them. And all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
KJV Translation: And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
Verse Intro: Tower of Shechem Burned
Description: Judges 9:50
NET Translation: Abimelech moved on to Thebez; he besieged and captured it.
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
KJV Translation: Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
Description: Judges 9:51
NET Translation: There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.
DARBY Translation: But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither fled all the men and women, all the citizens of the city; and they shut it behind them, and went up to the roof of the tower.
KJV Translation: But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
Description: Judges 9:52
NET Translation: Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and he drew near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire;
KJV Translation: And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
Description: Judges 9:53
NET Translation: a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.
DARBY Translation: and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.
KJV Translation: And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
Verse Intro: Millstone Crushes Abimelech at Thebez
Description: Judges 9:54
NET Translation: He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.
DARBY Translation: Then he called hastily to the young man that carried his armour, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that they say not of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
KJV Translation: Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Description: Judges 9:55
NET Translation: When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.
DARBY Translation: And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went every man to his place.
KJV Translation: And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Description: Judges 9:56
NET Translation: God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half brothers.
DARBY Translation: And God rendered back the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in slaying his seventy brethren.
KJV Translation: Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Description: Judges 9:57
NET Translation: God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub Baal fell on them.
DARBY Translation: And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render back upon their heads; and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
KJV Translation: And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Description: Judges 10:1
NET Translation: After Abimelech’s death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
DARBY Translation: And after Abimelech, there rose up to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir on mount Ephraim.
KJV Translation: And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
Verse Intro: Tola and Jair Raised Up
Description: Judges 10:2
NET Translation: He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.
DARBY Translation: And he judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died, and was buried in Shamir.
KJV Translation: And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Description: Judges 10:3
NET Translation: Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.
DARBY Translation: And after him rose up Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
KJV Translation: And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Description: Judges 10:4
NET Translation: He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair—they are in the land of Gilead.
DARBY Translation: And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass colts; and they had thirty cities, which are called the villages of Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
KJV Translation: And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.
Description: Judges 10:5
NET Translation: Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
DARBY Translation: And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
KJV Translation: And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
Description: Judges 10:6
NET Translation: The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals, and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
Verse Intro: Fifth Cycle - Jepthah Raised Up
Description: Judges 10:7
NET Translation: The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites.
DARBY Translation: And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold him into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
KJV Translation: And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
Description: Judges 10:8
NET Translation: They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year—that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.
DARBY Translation: And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel in that year; eighteen years [they oppressed] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
KJV Translation: And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that [were] on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which [is] in Gilead.
Description: Judges 10:9
NET Translation: The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; and Israel was greatly distressed.
KJV Translation: Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
Description: Judges 10:10
NET Translation: The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served the Baals.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Description: Judges 10:11
NET Translation: The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to the children of Israel, Did I not [save you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
Description: Judges 10:12
NET Translation: the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.
DARBY Translation: The Zidonians also, and Amalek and Maon oppressed you, and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
KJV Translation: The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
Description: Judges 10:13
NET Translation: But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.
DARBY Translation: But ye have forsaken me, and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more.
KJV Translation: Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
Description: Judges 10:14
NET Translation: Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!”
DARBY Translation: Go and cry to the gods that ye have chosen: let them save you in the time of your trouble.
KJV Translation: Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
Description: Judges 10:15
NET Translation: But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel said to Jehovah, We have sinned. Do thou unto us according to all that is good in thy sight; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
Description: Judges 10:16
NET Translation: They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.
DARBY Translation: And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
KJV Translation: And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Description: Judges 10:17
NET Translation: The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Ammon were called together and encamped in Gilead; and the children of Israel gathered together and encamped in Mizpeh.
KJV Translation: Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
Description: Judges 10:18
NET Translation: The leaders of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”
DARBY Translation: And the people, the chief men of Gilead, said one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
KJV Translation: And the people [and] princes of Gilead said one to another, What man [is he] that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Description: Judges 11:1
NET Translation: Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.
DARBY Translation: Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead had begotten Jephthah.
KJV Translation: Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he [was] the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Description: Judges 11:2
NET Translation: Gilead’s wife also gave him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, because you are another woman’s son.”
DARBY Translation: And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons were grown, they expelled Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.
KJV Translation: And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou [art] the son of a strange woman.
Description: Judges 11:3
NET Translation: So Jephthah left his half brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.
DARBY Translation: Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob. And vain men were gathered to Jephthah, and they made expeditions with him.
KJV Translation: Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
Description: Judges 11:4
NET Translation: It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass after some time, that the children of Ammon fought with Israel.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Description: Judges 11:5
NET Translation: When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.
DARBY Translation: And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
KJV Translation: And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Description: Judges 11:6
NET Translation: They said, “Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”
DARBY Translation: And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight against the children of Ammon.
KJV Translation: And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Description: Judges 11:7
NET Translation: Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come to me now when ye are in trouble?
KJV Translation: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Description: Judges 11:8
NET Translation: The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead.”
DARBY Translation: And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we have returned to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be head over all of us the inhabitants of Gilead.
KJV Translation: And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Description: Judges 11:9
NET Translation: Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “All right. If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader.”
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye take me back to fight against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah give them up before me, shall I be your head?
KJV Translation: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
Description: Judges 11:10
NET Translation: The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say.”
DARBY Translation: And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words!
KJV Translation: And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
Description: Judges 11:11
NET Translation: So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah.
DARBY Translation: Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; and Jephthah uttered all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.
KJV Translation: Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
Description: Judges 11:12
NET Translation: Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have you come against me to attack my land?”
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight against my land?
KJV Translation: And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
Verse Intro: Jephthah Delivers Israel
Description: Judges 11:13
NET Translation: The Ammonite king said to Jephthah’s messengers, “Because Israel stole my land when they came up from Egypt—from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan. Now return it peaceably!”
DARBY Translation: And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok and unto the Jordan; and now restore it peaceably.
KJV Translation: And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
Description: Judges 11:14
NET Translation: Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon,
KJV Translation: And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
Description: Judges 11:15
NET Translation: and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.
DARBY Translation: and said to him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon.
KJV Translation: And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
Description: Judges 11:16
NET Translation: When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.
DARBY Translation: But when they came up from Egypt, then Israel walked through the wilderness as far as the Red sea, and came to Kadesh.
KJV Translation: But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
Description: Judges 11:17
NET Translation: Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
DARBY Translation: And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom would not hearken. And they also sent to the king of Moab; and he would not. And Israel abode in Kadesh.
KJV Translation: Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken [thereto]. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not [consent]: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Description: Judges 11:18
NET Translation: Then Israel went through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory (the Arnon was Moab’s border).
DARBY Translation: And they walked through the wilderness, and went round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east of the land of Moab, and encamped beyond the Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of Moab.
KJV Translation: Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon [was] the border of Moab.
Description: Judges 11:19
NET Translation: Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, “Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.”
DARBY Translation: And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.
KJV Translation: And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
Description: Judges 11:20
NET Translation: But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
DARBY Translation: But Sihon trusted not Israel, to let him pass through his border, and Sihon gathered all his people, and they encamped in Jahzah; and he fought with Israel.
KJV Translation: But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Description: Judges 11:21
NET Translation: The Lord God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah the God of Israel gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; and Israel took possession of the whole land of the Amorites, who dwelt in that country.
KJV Translation: And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Description: Judges 11:22
NET Translation: They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.
DARBY Translation: And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness unto the Jordan.
KJV Translation: And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Description: Judges 11:23
NET Translation: Since the Lord God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them?
DARBY Translation: And now Jehovah the God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou take possession of it?
KJV Translation: So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
Description: Judges 11:24
NET Translation: You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us.
DARBY Translation: Dost not thou possess what Chemosh thy god puts thee in possession of? and whatever Jehovah our God has dispossessed before us, that will we possess.
KJV Translation: Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
Description: Judges 11:25
NET Translation: Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them?
DARBY Translation: And now art thou indeed better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive with Israel? did he ever fight against them?
KJV Translation: And now [art] thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
Description: Judges 11:26
NET Translation: Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for 300 years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?
DARBY Translation: While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its dependent villages, and in Aroer and its dependent villages, and in all the cities that are along the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years why did ye not recover [them] within that time?
KJV Translation: While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover [them] within that time?
Description: Judges 11:27
NET Translation: I have not done you wrong, but you are doing wrong by attacking me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!’”
DARBY Translation: So I have not sinned against thee, but it is thou who doest me wrong in making war against me. Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon!
KJV Translation: Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
Description: Judges 11:28
NET Translation: But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah.
DARBY Translation: But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.
KJV Translation: Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Description: Judges 11:29
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites.
DARBY Translation: Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed to Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
KJV Translation: Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon.
Verse Intro: Jephthah's Vow
Description: Judges 11:30
NET Translation: Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt without fail give the children of Ammon into my hand,
KJV Translation: And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
Description: Judges 11:31
NET Translation: then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites—he will belong to the Lord and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”
DARBY Translation: then shall that which cometh forth from the door of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.
KJV Translation: Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Description: Judges 11:32
NET Translation: Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord handed them over to him.
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah gave them into his hand.
KJV Translation: So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
Description: Judges 11:33
NET Translation: He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith—twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim. He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.
DARBY Translation: And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, twenty cities, even unto Abel-Cheramim, with a very great slaughter; and the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
KJV Translation: And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, [even] twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
Description: Judges 11:34
NET Translation: When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambours and with dances; and she was an only child: besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
KJV Translation: And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Description: Judges 11:35
NET Translation: When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Description: Judges 11:36
NET Translation: She said to him, “My father, since you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. After all, the Lord vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites.”
DARBY Translation: And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to Jehovah, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as Jehovah has taken vengeance for thee upon thine enemies, upon the children of Ammon.
KJV Translation: And she said unto him, My father, [if] thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, [even] of the children of Ammon.
Description: Judges 11:37
NET Translation: She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
DARBY Translation: And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go and descend to the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
KJV Translation: And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
Description: Judges 11:38
NET Translation: He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.
DARBY Translation: And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
KJV Translation: And he said, Go. And he sent her away [for] two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
Description: Judges 11:39
NET Translation: After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, and he performed on her the vow that he had vowed; and she had known no man. And it became a fixed custom in Israel,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her [according] to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
Description: Judges 11:40
NET Translation: Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.
DARBY Translation: that from year to year the daughters of Israel go to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
KJV Translation: [That] the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Description: Judges 12:1
NET Translation: The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!”
DARBY Translation: And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire.
KJV Translation: And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
Verse Intro: Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim
Description: Judges 12:2
NET Translation: Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were in a struggle and the Ammonites were oppressing me greatly. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.
KJV Translation: And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
Description: Judges 12:3
NET Translation: When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”
DARBY Translation: And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?
KJV Translation: And when I saw that ye delivered [me] not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Description: Judges 12:4
NET Translation: Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying, “You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s territory.”
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.
KJV Translation: Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.
Description: Judges 12:5
NET Translation: The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”
DARBY Translation: And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.
KJV Translation: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Description: Judges 12:6
NET Translation: then they said to him, “Say ‘Shibboleth!’” If he said, “Sibboleth” (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day 42,000 Ephraimites fell dead.
DARBY Translation: Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce [it] rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
KJV Translation: Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Description: Judges 12:7
NET Translation: Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his town in Gilead.
DARBY Translation: And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
KJV Translation: And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Description: Judges 12:8
NET Translation: After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.
DARBY Translation: And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
KJV Translation: And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Verse Intro: Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon Raised Up
Description: Judges 12:9
NET Translation: He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years;
DARBY Translation: And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent out of the house, and thirty daughters he took in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
KJV Translation: And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, [whom] he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Description: Judges 12:10
NET Translation: then he died and was buried in Bethlehem.
DARBY Translation: And Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
KJV Translation: Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
Description: Judges 12:11
NET Translation: After him Elon the Zebulunite led Israel for ten years.
DARBY Translation: And after him Elon, the Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
KJV Translation: And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
Description: Judges 12:12
NET Translation: Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
DARBY Translation: And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Ajalon in the land of Zebulun.
KJV Translation: And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
Description: Judges 12:13
NET Translation: After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led Israel.
DARBY Translation: And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.
KJV Translation: And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Description: Judges 12:14
NET Translation: He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.
DARBY Translation: And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.
KJV Translation: And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Description: Judges 12:15
NET Translation: Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
DARBY Translation: And Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.
KJV Translation: And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Description: Judges 13:1
NET Translation: The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Verse Intro: Sizth Cycle - Samson Raised up
Keywords: Manoah
Description: Judges 13:2
NET Translation: There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
DARBY Translation: And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
KJV Translation: And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.
Verse Intro: Birth of Samson
Keywords: Angel of the Lord
Description: Judges 13:3
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.
KJV Translation: And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Description: Judges 13:4
NET Translation: Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.
DARBY Translation: And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
KJV Translation: Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
Keywords: Nazarite
Description: Judges 13:5
NET Translation: Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”
DARBY Translation: For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
KJV Translation: For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Description: Judges 13:6
NET Translation: The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God’s angel—he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
DARBY Translation: And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very terrible; but I did not ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name.
KJV Translation: Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name:
Description: Judges 13:7
NET Translation: He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.’”
DARBY Translation: And he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not anything unclean; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb to the day of his death.
KJV Translation: But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
Description: Judges 13:8
NET Translation: Manoah prayed to the Lord, “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God to visit us again, so he can teach us how we should raise the child who will be born.”
DARBY Translation: Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah, and said, Ah Lord! let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, I pray thee, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
KJV Translation: Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
Description: Judges 13:9
NET Translation: God answered Manoah’s prayer. God’s angel visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.
DARBY Translation: And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again to the woman whilst she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.
KJV Translation: And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband [was] not with her.
Description: Judges 13:10
NET Translation: The woman ran at once and told her husband, “Come quickly, the man who visited me the other day has appeared to me!”
DARBY Translation: Then the woman hasted and ran, and informed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, that came to me that day.
KJV Translation: And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the [other] day.
Description: Judges 13:11
NET Translation: So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said, “Yes.”
DARBY Translation: And Manoah rose up and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that didst speak to the woman? And he said, I am.
KJV Translation: And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, [Art] thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I [am].
Description: Judges 13:12
NET Translation: Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”
DARBY Translation: And Manoah said, When thy words then come to pass, what shall be the child's manner and his doing?
KJV Translation: And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and [how] shall we do unto him?
Description: Judges 13:13
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware:
KJV Translation: And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
Description: Judges 13:14
NET Translation: She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
DARBY Translation: she shall not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither shall she drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean: all that I commanded her shall she observe.
KJV Translation: She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean [thing]: all that I commanded her let her observe.
Description: Judges 13:15
NET Translation: Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
DARBY Translation: And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, and we will make ready a kid of the goats for thee.
KJV Translation: And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
Description: Judges 13:16
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, you should offer it.” (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.)
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Though thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou shalt offer it up to Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the Angel of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
Keywords: Name
Description: Judges 13:17
NET Translation: Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”
DARBY Translation: And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that when thy word cometh to pass we may do thee honour?
KJV Translation: And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What [is] thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
Description: Judges 13:18
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful?
KJV Translation: And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?
Description: Judges 13:19
NET Translation: Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord. The Lord’s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
DARBY Translation: Then Manoah took the kid and the oblation, and offered it up to Jehovah upon the rock. And he did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
KJV Translation: So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
Description: Judges 13:20
NET Translation: As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the angel of the Lord went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, as the flame went up from off the altar towards the heavens, that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground.
KJV Translation: For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on [it], and fell on their faces to the ground.
Description: Judges 13:21
NET Translation: The angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the angel of the Lord.
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that it was the Angel of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
Description: Judges 13:22
NET Translation: Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”
DARBY Translation: And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
KJV Translation: And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Description: Judges 13:23
NET Translation: But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.”
DARBY Translation: But his wife said to him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and an oblation at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would he at this time have told us [such things] as these.
KJV Translation: But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [such things] as these.
Description: Judges 13:24
NET Translation: Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.
DARBY Translation: And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
KJV Translation: And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Keywords: Dan
Description: Judges 13:25
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him at Mahaneh-Dan, between Zoreah and Eshtaol.
KJV Translation: And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Description: Judges 14:1
NET Translation: Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.
DARBY Translation: And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.
KJV Translation: And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Verse Intro: Samson's Marriage to a Philistine
Description: Judges 14:2
NET Translation: When he got home, he told his father and mother, “A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”
DARBY Translation: And he went up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines; and now take her for me as wife.
KJV Translation: And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
Description: Judges 14:3
NET Translation: But his father and mother said to him, “Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she is the right one for me.”
DARBY Translation: And his father and his mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the Philistines, the uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father, Take her for me, for she pleases me well.
KJV Translation: Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
Description: Judges 14:4
NET Translation: Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
DARBY Translation: And his father and his mother did not know that it was of Jehovah, that he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
KJV Translation: But his father and his mother knew not that it [was] of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Description: Judges 14:5
NET Translation: Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.
DARBY Translation: And Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnathah; and they came to the vineyards of Timnathah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;
KJV Translation: Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
Description: Judges 14:6
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit empowered him, and he tore the lion in two with his bare hands as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
DARBY Translation: and the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he rent it as one rends a kid, and nothing was in his hand. And he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
KJV Translation: And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and [he had] nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Description: Judges 14:7
NET Translation: Samson continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.
DARBY Translation: And he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
KJV Translation: And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Description: Judges 14:8
NET Translation: Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.
DARBY Translation: And he returned after a time to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, [there was] a swarm of bees in the carcase of the lion, and honey;
KJV Translation: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Description: Judges 14:9
NET Translation: He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass.
DARBY Translation: and he took it out in his hands, and went on, and ate as he went. And he came to his father and to his mother, and gave them, and they ate; but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
KJV Translation: And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
Description: Judges 14:10
NET Translation: Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do.
DARBY Translation: And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
KJV Translation: So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
Description: Judges 14:11
NET Translation: When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions, and they were with him.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Keywords: Riddle, Seven
Description: Judges 14:12
NET Translation: Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.
DARBY Translation: And Samson said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.
KJV Translation: And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Verse Intro: Samson Puts Forth a Riddle
Description: Judges 14:13
NET Translation: But if you cannot solve it, you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.”
DARBY Translation: But if ye cannot explain [it] to me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Propound thy riddle, that we may hear it.
KJV Translation: But if ye cannot declare [it] me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
Keywords: Three
Description: Judges 14:14
NET Translation: He said to them, “Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong one came something sweet.” They could not solve the riddle for three days.
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the riddle.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Description: Judges 14:15
NET Translation: On the fourth day they said to Samson’s bride, “Trick your husband into giving the solution to the riddle. If you refuse, we will burn up you and your father’s family. Did you invite us here to make us poor?”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us, is it not [so]?
KJV Translation: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? [is it] not [so]?
Description: Judges 14:16
NET Translation: So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder and said, “You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?”
DARBY Translation: And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not. Thou hast propounded the riddle to the children of my people, and hast not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not explained it to my father nor my mother, and shall I explain it to thee?
KJV Translation: And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told [it] me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told [it] my father nor my mother, and shall I tell [it] thee?
Description: Judges 14:17
NET Translation: She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.
DARBY Translation: And she wept before him the seven days, while they had the feast. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that he explained it to her, for she pressed him. And she explained the riddle to the children of her people.
KJV Translation: And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
Description: Judges 14:18
NET Translation: On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
DARBY Translation: And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.
KJV Translation: And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Description: Judges 14:19
NET Translation: The Lord’s Spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments unto them that explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
KJV Translation: And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
Description: Judges 14:20
NET Translation: Samson’s bride was then given to his best man.
DARBY Translation: And Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had made his friend.
KJV Translation: But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
Description: Judges 15:1
NET Translation: Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father, “I want to sleep with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass after a time, in the days of the wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid of the goats. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.
KJV Translation: But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Verse Intro: Samson Burns Philistine Harvest
Description: Judges 15:2
NET Translation: Her father said, “I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”
DARBY Translation: And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her, I pray thee, be thine instead of her.
KJV Translation: And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Description: Judges 15:3
NET Translation: Samson said to them, “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!”
DARBY Translation: And Samson said to them, This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, though I do them harm.
KJV Translation: And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Description: Judges 15:4
NET Translation: Samson went and captured 300 jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.
DARBY Translation: And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between the two tails.
KJV Translation: And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
Description: Judges 15:5
NET Translation: He lit the torches and set the jackals loose in the Philistines’ standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
DARBY Translation: And he set the torches on fire, and let [them] run into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, and the olive gardens.
KJV Translation: And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.
Description: Judges 15:6
NET Translation: The Philistines asked, “Who did this?” They were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because the Timnite took Samson’s bride and gave her to his best man.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father.
DARBY Translation: And the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.
KJV Translation: Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Description: Judges 15:7
NET Translation: Samson said to them, “Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”
DARBY Translation: And Samson said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.
KJV Translation: And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Description: Judges 15:8
NET Translation: He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.
DARBY Translation: And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.
KJV Translation: And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
Verse Intro: Samson Slaughters Philistines
Description: Judges 15:9
NET Translation: The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.
DARBY Translation: And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
KJV Translation: Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Verse Intro: Samson Bound Over to Philistines by Judah
Description: Judges 15:10
NET Translation: The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking us?” The Philistines said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”
DARBY Translation: And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us.
KJV Translation: And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
Description: Judges 15:11
NET Translation: So 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?” He said to them, “I have only done to them what they have done to me.”
DARBY Translation: Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the cliff Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? And what is this that thou hast done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
KJV Translation: Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines [are] rulers over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
Description: Judges 15:12
NET Translation: They said to him, “We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Promise me you will not kill me.”
DARBY Translation: And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may give thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall on me yourselves.
KJV Translation: And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Description: Judges 15:13
NET Translation: They said to him, “We promise! We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you.” They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.
DARBY Translation: And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we certainly shall not put thee to death. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the cliff.
KJV Translation: And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
Description: Judges 15:14
NET Translation: When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s Spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands.
DARBY Translation: When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became as threads of flax that are burned with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
KJV Translation: [And] when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that [were] upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
Description: Judges 15:15
NET Translation: He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down 1,000 men.
DARBY Translation: And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.
KJV Translation: And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
Verse Intro: Samsom Slays Philistines with Jawbone
Description: Judges 15:16
NET Translation: Samson then said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!”
DARBY Translation: And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
KJV Translation: And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Description: Judges 15:17
NET Translation: When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down and named that place Ramath Lehi.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when he had ended speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-Lehi.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
Description: Judges 15:18
NET Translation: He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into the hands of these uncircumcised Philistines?”
DARBY Translation: And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given by the hand of thy servant this great deliverance, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
KJV Translation: And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Description: Judges 15:19
NET Translation: So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day.
DARBY Translation: And God clave the hallow rock which was in Lehi, and water came out of it. And he drank, and his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
KJV Translation: But God clave an hollow place that [was] in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which [is] in Lehi unto this day.
Description: Judges 15:20
NET Translation: Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.
DARBY Translation: And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
KJV Translation: And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Description: Judges 16:1
NET Translation: Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.
DARBY Translation: And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
KJV Translation: Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Verse Intro: Samson Carries Gates of Gaza
Description: Judges 16:2
NET Translation: The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, “He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!”
DARBY Translation: [And it was told] the Gazathites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they surrounded [him], and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill him.
KJV Translation: [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
Description: Judges 16:3
NET Translation: Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron.
DARBY Translation: And Samson lay till midnight; and he arose at midnight, and seized the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and tore them up with the bar, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
KJV Translation: And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is] before Hebron.
Description: Judges 16:4
NET Translation: After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
Verse Intro: Samsom and Delilah
Description: Judges 16:5
NET Translation: The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, “Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you 1,100 silver pieces.”
DARBY Translation: And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Persuade him, and see in what his great strength is, and with what we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to overpower him; and we will each give thee eleven hundred silver-pieces.
KJV Translation: And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
Description: Judges 16:6
NET Translation: So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.”
DARBY Translation: Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.
KJV Translation: And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
Description: Judges 16:7
NET Translation: Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
DARBY Translation: And Samson said to her, If they should bind me with seven fresh cords which have not been dried, then should I be weak, and be as another man.
KJV Translation: And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Description: Judges 16:8
NET Translation: So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
DARBY Translation: Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
KJV Translation: Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
Description: Judges 16:9
NET Translation: They hid in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. The secret of his strength was not discovered.
DARBY Translation: Now she had liers in wait abiding in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he broke the cords, as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire; and his strength was not known.
KJV Translation: Now [there were] men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
Description: Judges 16:10
NET Translation: Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”
DARBY Translation: And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mightest be bound.
KJV Translation: And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
Description: Judges 16:11
NET Translation: He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes, with which no work has been done, then should I be weak, and be as another man.
KJV Translation: And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Description: Judges 16:12
NET Translation: So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) But he tore the ropes from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.
DARBY Translation: And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.
KJV Translation: Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And [there were] liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
Description: Judges 16:13
NET Translation: Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man.”
DARBY Translation: And Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what thou mightest be bound. And he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
KJV Translation: And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Description: Judges 16:14
NET Translation: So she made him go to sleep, wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric on the loom, fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and tore away the pin of the loom and the fabric.
DARBY Translation: And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and tore out the pin of the beam, and the web.
KJV Translation: And she fastened [it] with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Description: Judges 16:15
NET Translation: She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”
DARBY Translation: Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.
KJV Translation: And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart [is] not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength [lieth].
Description: Judges 16:16
NET Translation: She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death;
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, [so] that his soul was vexed unto death;
Description: Judges 16:17
NET Translation: Finally he told her his secret. He said to her, “My hair has never been cut, for I have been dedicated to God from the time I was conceived. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak and be just like all other men.”
DARBY Translation: and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.
KJV Translation: That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I [have been] a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man.
Verse Intro: Samson Discloses Source of Strength
Description: Judges 16:18
NET Translation: When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, she sent for the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me his secret.” So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.
DARBY Translation: And Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, and she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this time, for he has told me all his heart. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.
KJV Translation: And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
Description: Judges 16:19
NET Translation: She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him.
DARBY Translation: And she made him sleep upon her knees, and called a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to overpower him, and his strength went from him.
KJV Translation: And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Description: Judges 16:20
NET Translation: She said, “The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.
DARBY Translation: And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.
KJV Translation: And she said, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Description: Judges 16:21
NET Translation: The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
DARBY Translation: And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.
KJV Translation: But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Verse Intro: Samson Bound and In Prison
Description: Judges 16:22
NET Translation: His hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.
DARBY Translation: But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.
KJV Translation: Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Description: Judges 16:23
NET Translation: The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us.”
DARBY Translation: Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.
KJV Translation: Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
Verse Intro: The Death of Samson
Description: Judges 16:24
NET Translation: When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!”
DARBY Translation: And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.
KJV Translation: And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
Description: Judges 16:25
NET Translation: When they really started celebrating, they said, “Call for Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they set him between the pillars.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Description: Judges 16:26
NET Translation: Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. Then I can lean on them.”
DARBY Translation: And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Let loose of me, and suffer me to feel the pillars upon which the house stands, that I may lean upon them.
KJV Translation: And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Description: Judges 16:27
NET Translation: Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were 3,000 men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.
DARBY Translation: Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.
KJV Translation: Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines [were] there; and [there were] upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Description: Judges 16:28
NET Translation: Samson called to the Lord, “O Sovereign Lord, remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge against the Philistines for my two eyes!”
DARBY Translation: And Samson called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may take one vengeance upon the Philistines for my two eyes.
KJV Translation: And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Description: Judges 16:29
NET Translation: Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other.
DARBY Translation: And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the one with his right hand and the other with his left.
KJV Translation: And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Description: Judges 16:30
NET Translation: Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard, and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life.
DARBY Translation: And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.
KJV Translation: And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with [all his] might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that [were] therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than [they] which he slew in his life.
Description: Judges 16:31
NET Translation: His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.
DARBY Translation: And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
KJV Translation: Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought [him] up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Description: Judges 17:1
NET Translation: There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
DARBY Translation: And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
KJV Translation: And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
Verse Intro: Micah and the Unfaithful Levite and Idolatry
Description: Judges 17:2
NET Translation: He said to his mother, “You know the 1,100 pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said, “May the Lord reward you, my son!”
DARBY Translation: And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah!
KJV Translation: And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed [be thou] of the LORD, my son.
Description: Judges 17:3
NET Translation: When he gave back to his mother the 1,100 pieces of silver, his mother said, “I solemnly dedicate this silver to the Lord. It will be for my son’s benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image.”
DARBY Translation: And he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee.
KJV Translation: And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Description: Judges 17:4
NET Translation: When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took 200 pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
Description: Judges 17:5
NET Translation: Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
DARBY Translation: And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
KJV Translation: And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Description: Judges 17:6
NET Translation: In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
DARBY Translation: In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
KJV Translation: In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.
Description: Judges 17:7
NET Translation: There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
DARBY Translation: And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
KJV Translation: And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Description: Judges 17:8
NET Translation: This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Description: Judges 17:9
NET Translation: Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
KJV Translation: And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
Description: Judges 17:10
NET Translation: Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.
KJV Translation: And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
Description: Judges 17:11
NET Translation: So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.
DARBY Translation: And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
KJV Translation: And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Description: Judges 17:12
NET Translation: Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Description: Judges 17:13
NET Translation: Micah said, “Now I know the Lord will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
DARBY Translation: Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.
KJV Translation: Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.
Description: Judges 18:1
NET Translation: In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
DARBY Translation: In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their lot] had not fallen to them for inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
KJV Translation: In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
Verse Intro: Danites Take Unfaithful Levite and Idols
Description: Judges 18:2
NET Translation: The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
KJV Translation: And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
Description: Judges 18:3
NET Translation: As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
DARBY Translation: When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in thither, and said to him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
KJV Translation: When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
Description: Judges 18:4
NET Translation: He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, “He hired me, and I became his priest.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
Description: Judges 18:5
NET Translation: They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”
DARBY Translation: And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.
KJV Translation: And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Description: Judges 18:6
NET Translation: The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. The Lord will be with you on your mission.”
DARBY Translation: And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.
KJV Translation: And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD [is] your way wherein ye go.
Description: Judges 18:7
NET Translation: So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
DARBY Translation: And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with [any] man.
KJV Translation: Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that [were] therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and [there was] no magistrate in the land, that might put [them] to shame in [any] thing; and they [were] far from the Zidonians, and had no business with [any] man.
Description: Judges 18:8
NET Translation: When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them, “How did it go?”
DARBY Translation: And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What [say] ye?
KJV Translation: And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [say] ye?
Description: Judges 18:9
NET Translation: They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don’t hesitate to invade and conquer the land.
DARBY Translation: And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and ye are still! Be not slothful to go, to enter to take possession of the land.
KJV Translation: And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it [is] very good: and [are] ye still? be not slothful to go, [and] to enter to possess the land.
Description: Judges 18:10
NET Translation: When you invade, you will encounter unsuspecting people. The land is wide! God is handing it over to you—a place that lacks nothing on earth!”
DARBY Translation: When ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for God has given it into your hands; [it is] a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.
KJV Translation: When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where [there is] no want of any thing that [is] in the earth.
Description: Judges 18:11
NET Translation: So 600 Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
DARBY Translation: And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zoreah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
KJV Translation: And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
Description: Judges 18:12
NET Translation: They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. (To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.)
DARBY Translation: And they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
KJV Translation: And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, [it is] behind Kirjathjearim.
Description: Judges 18:13
NET Translation: From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
Description: Judges 18:14
NET Translation: The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
DARBY Translation: Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do.
KJV Translation: Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
Description: Judges 18:15
NET Translation: They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
DARBY Translation: And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.
KJV Translation: And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, [even] unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Description: Judges 18:16
NET Translation: Meanwhile the 600 Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.
DARBY Translation: And the six hundred men of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate.
KJV Translation: And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which [were] of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
Description: Judges 18:17
NET Translation: The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the 600 fully armed men.
DARBY Translation: And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, entered in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with weapons of war.
KJV Translation: And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.
Description: Judges 18:18
NET Translation: When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
DARBY Translation: And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What do ye?
KJV Translation: And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Description: Judges 18:19
NET Translation: They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”
DARBY Translation: And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be a priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a family in Israel?
KJV Translation: And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Description: Judges 18:20
NET Translation: The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.
DARBY Translation: Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
KJV Translation: And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
Description: Judges 18:21
NET Translation: They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.
DARBY Translation: And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.
KJV Translation: So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Description: Judges 18:22
NET Translation: After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.
DARBY Translation: They were already far from the house of Micah, when the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
KJV Translation: [And] when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that [were] in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
Description: Judges 18:23
NET Translation: When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”
DARBY Translation: And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
KJV Translation: And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
Description: Judges 18:24
NET Translation: He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’”
DARBY Translation: And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this that ye say to me, What aileth thee?
KJV Translation: And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what [is] this [that] ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Description: Judges 18:25
NET Translation: The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will die.”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated spirit run upon you, and thou lose thy life and the lives of thy household.
KJV Translation: And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
Description: Judges 18:26
NET Translation: The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were too strong for him, and he turned and went back to his house.
KJV Translation: And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they [were] too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
Description: Judges 18:27
NET Translation: Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.
DARBY Translation: And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
KJV Translation: And they took [the things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Description: Judges 18:28
NET Translation: No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.
DARBY Translation: And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
KJV Translation: And [there was] no deliverer, because it [was] far from Zidon, and they had no business with [any] man; and it was in the valley that [lieth] by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
Description: Judges 18:29
NET Translation: They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. But the city’s name used to be Laish.
DARBY Translation: And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; howbeit Laish was the name of the city at the first.
KJV Translation: And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first.
Description: Judges 18:30
NET Translation: The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses; he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
KJV Translation: And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Description: Judges 18:31
NET Translation: They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.
DARBY Translation: And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
KJV Translation: And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Description: Judges 19:1
NET Translation: In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite, sojourning on the further side of mount Ephraim, took him a concubine out of Bethlehem-Judah.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
Verse Intro: Unfaithful Levite and His Concubine
Description: Judges 19:2
NET Translation: However, she got angry at him and went home to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
DARBY Translation: And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, four months.
KJV Translation: And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
Description: Judges 19:3
NET Translation: her husband came after her, hoping he could convince her to return. He brought with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly.
DARBY Translation: And her husband rose up and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again; and his servant was with him, and a couple of asses. And she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him he rejoiced to meet him.
KJV Translation: And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, [and] to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
Description: Judges 19:4
NET Translation: His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.
DARBY Translation: And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.
KJV Translation: And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Description: Judges 19:5
NET Translation: On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy, then you can go.”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Refresh thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterwards ye may go your way.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
Description: Judges 19:6
NET Translation: So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time?”
DARBY Translation: And they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together. And the damsel's father said to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and pass the night, and let thy heart be glad.
KJV Translation: And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
Description: Judges 19:7
NET Translation: When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.
DARBY Translation: And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
KJV Translation: And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
Description: Judges 19:8
NET Translation: He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy! Wait until later in the day to leave.” So they ate a meal together.
DARBY Translation: And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; but the damsel's father said, Refresh thy heart, I pray thee. And they lingered until the afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
KJV Translation: And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
Description: Judges 19:9
NET Translation: When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over. Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.”
DARBY Translation: And the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant; and his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now, the day draws toward evening I pray you stay all night; behold, the day is declining, lodge here, and let thy heart be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go to thy tent.
KJV Translation: And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Description: Judges 19:10
NET Translation: But the man did not want to stay another night. He left and traveled as far as Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.
DARBY Translation: But the man would not tarry the night; and he rose up and departed, and came opposite to Jebus, that is, Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, and his concubine was with him.
KJV Translation: But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which [is] Jerusalem; and [there were] with him two asses saddled, his concubine also [was] with him.
Description: Judges 19:11
NET Translation: When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master, “Come on, let’s stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”
DARBY Translation: They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
KJV Translation: [And] when they [were] by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Description: Judges 19:12
NET Translation: But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah.”
DARBY Translation: But his master said to him, We will not turn aside into the city of a stranger, which is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass on to Gibeah.
KJV Translation: And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that [is] not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
Description: Judges 19:13
NET Translation: He said to his servant, “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
KJV Translation: And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Description: Judges 19:14
NET Translation: So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.
DARBY Translation: And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
KJV Translation: And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which [belongeth] to Benjamin.
Description: Judges 19:15
NET Translation: They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.
DARBY Translation: And they turned aside thither, to go in, to lodge in Gibeah. And he went in, and sat down in the open place of the city; and there was no one that received him into his house to pass the night.
KJV Translation: And they turned aside thither, to go in [and] to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for [there was] no man that took them into his house to lodging.
Description: Judges 19:16
NET Translation: But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)
DARBY Translation: And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.
KJV Translation: And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] Benjamites.
Description: Judges 19:17
NET Translation: When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said, “Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”
DARBY Translation: And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the open place of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
KJV Translation: And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Description: Judges 19:18
NET Translation: The Levite said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.
DARBY Translation: And he said to him, We are travelling from Bethlehem-Judah towards the further side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I; and I went to Bethlehem-Judah, and I have to do with the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that receives me into his house.
KJV Translation: And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.
Description: Judges 19:19
NET Translation: We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing.”
DARBY Translation: And we have both straw and provender for our asses; and I have bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants: there is no lack of anything.
KJV Translation: Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man [which is] with thy servants: [there is] no want of any thing.
Description: Judges 19:20
NET Translation: The old man said, “Everything is just fine. I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”
DARBY Translation: Then the old man said, Peace be with thee; only let all thy wants lie on me; but lodge not in the street.
KJV Translation: And the old man said, Peace [be] with thee; howsoever [let] all thy wants [lie] upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Description: Judges 19:21
NET Translation: So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.
DARBY Translation: And he brought him into his house, and gave the asses provender; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
KJV Translation: So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
Keywords: Homosexual
Description: Judges 19:22
NET Translation: They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, “Send out the man who came to visit you so we can take carnal knowledge of him.”
DARBY Translation: They were making their hearts merry, when behold, the men of the city, sons of Belial, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.
KJV Translation: [Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, [and] beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Verse Intro: Gibeah's Immorality
Description: Judges 19:23
NET Translation: The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, “No, my brothers! Don’t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don’t do such a disgraceful thing!
DARBY Translation: And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brethren, I pray you, do not wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this villany.
KJV Translation: And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, [nay], I pray you, do not [so] wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Description: Judges 19:24
NET Translation: Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”
DARBY Translation: Behold, my daughter, who is a virgin, and his concubine; let me bring them out, and humble ye them, and do to them as is good in your sight; but to this man do not so vile a thing.
KJV Translation: Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
Description: Judges 19:25
NET Translation: The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.
DARBY Translation: But the men would not hearken to him; and the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning; and let her go when the morning-dawn arose.
KJV Translation: But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Description: Judges 19:26
NET Translation: The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.
DARBY Translation: And the woman came at the dawning of the day, and fell down at the entrance of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
KJV Translation: Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord [was], till it was light.
Description: Judges 19:27
NET Translation: When her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.
DARBY Translation: And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the door of the house, and went out to go his way, and behold, there lay the woman his concubine at the entrance of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
KJV Translation: And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down [at] the door of the house, and her hands [were] upon the threshold.
Description: Judges 19:28
NET Translation: He said to her, “Get up, let’s leave.” But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home.
DARBY Translation: And he said to her, Up, and let us go; but no one answered. And he took her upon the ass; and the man rose up, and went to his place.
KJV Translation: And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Description: Judges 19:29
NET Translation: When he got home, he took a knife, grasped his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel.
DARBY Translation: And when he was come into his house, he took the knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, according to her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the borders of Israel.
KJV Translation: And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
Description: Judges 19:30
NET Translation: Everyone who saw the sight said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since the Israelites left the land of Egypt! Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass that every one that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day. Think it over, advise, and speak.
KJV Translation: And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak [your minds].
Description: Judges 20:1
NET Translation: All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah.
DARBY Translation: And all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.
KJV Translation: Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Verse Intro: Israel Responds to Gibeah's Evil
Description: Judges 20:2
NET Translation: The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered 400,000 sword-wielding foot soldiers.
DARBY Translation: And the heads of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the congregation of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
KJV Translation: And the chief of all the people, [even] of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
Description: Judges 20:3
NET Translation: The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, “Explain how this wicked thing happened!”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the children of Israel said, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?
KJV Translation: (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?
Description: Judges 20:4
NET Translation: The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up, “I and my concubine stopped in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin to spend the night.
DARBY Translation: Then the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah that [belongs] to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
KJV Translation: And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that [belongeth] to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Description: Judges 20:5
NET Translation: The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.
DARBY Translation: And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house because of me, by night; they thought to slay me, and my concubine have they humbled so that she died.
KJV Translation: And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, [and] thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
Description: Judges 20:6
NET Translation: I took hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces throughout the territory occupied by Israel, because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity in Israel.
DARBY Translation: Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and villany in Israel.
KJV Translation: And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Description: Judges 20:7
NET Translation: All you Israelites, make a decision here!”
DARBY Translation: Behold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here [your] counsel.
KJV Translation: Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Description: Judges 20:8
NET Translation: All Israel rose up in unison and said, “Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
DARBY Translation: And all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to his tent, neither will we any one turn into his house.
KJV Translation: And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any [of us] go to his tent, neither will we any [of us] turn into his house.
Description: Judges 20:9
NET Translation: Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.
DARBY Translation: But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it;
KJV Translation: But now this [shall be] the thing which we will do to Gibeah; [we will go up] by lot against it;
Description: Judges 20:10
NET Translation: We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin, they will punish them for the atrocity that they committed in Israel.”
DARBY Translation: and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the villany that they have wrought in Israel.
KJV Translation: And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
Description: Judges 20:11
NET Translation: So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.
DARBY Translation: And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
KJV Translation: So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
Description: Judges 20:12
NET Translation: The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place?
DARBY Translation: And the tribes of Israel sent men to all the families of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that has been done among you?
KJV Translation: And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness [is] this that is done among you?
Description: Judges 20:13
NET Translation: Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.
DARBY Translation: And now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But [the children of] Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
KJV Translation: Now therefore deliver [us] the men, the children of Belial, which [are] in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
Verse Intro: Benjamin Refuses to Deliver Offenders
Description: Judges 20:14
NET Translation: The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities of Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
KJV Translation: But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Verse Intro: Israel Prepares for War Against Benjamin
Description: Judges 20:15
NET Translation: That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities 26,000 sword-wielding soldiers, besides 700 well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
KJV Translation: And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
Description: Judges 20:16
NET Translation: Among this army were 700 specially trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.
DARBY Translation: Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; all these slang stones at a hair [breadth], and missed not.
KJV Translation: Among all this people [there were] seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair [breadth], and not miss.
Description: Judges 20:17
NET Translation: The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered 400,000 sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
KJV Translation: And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these [were] men of war.
Description: Judges 20:18
NET Translation: The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God, “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah [shall go up] first.
Verse Intro: Benjamin Defeated; 600 Men Left of Tribe
Description: Judges 20:19
NET Translation: The Israelites got up the next morning and moved against Gibeah.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
Description: Judges 20:20
NET Translation: The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they arranged their battle lines against Gibeah.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
KJV Translation: And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
Description: Judges 20:21
NET Translation: The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down 22,000 Israelites that day.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty-two thousand men.
KJV Translation: And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
Description: Judges 20:22
NET Translation: The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.
DARBY Translation: And the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and set the battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
KJV Translation: And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
Description: Judges 20:23
NET Translation: The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we again march out to fight the Benjaminites, our brothers?” The Lord said, “Attack them.”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until even, and inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah said, Go up against him.
KJV Translation: (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
Description: Judges 20:24
NET Translation: So the Israelites marched toward the Benjaminites the next day.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Description: Judges 20:25
NET Translation: The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down 18,000 sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.
DARBY Translation: And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and again destroyed to the ground of the children of Israel eighteen thousand men: all these drew the sword.
KJV Translation: And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
Description: Judges 20:26
NET Translation: So all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Description: Judges 20:27
NET Translation: The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel inquired of Jehovah (and the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God [was] there in those days,
Description: Judges 20:28
NET Translation: Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the Lord in those days), “Should we once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers, or should we quit?” The Lord said, “Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”
DARBY Translation: and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will give them into thy hand.
KJV Translation: And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
Description: Judges 20:29
NET Translation: So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.
DARBY Translation: And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about.
KJV Translation: And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
Description: Judges 20:30
NET Translation: The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at the other times.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
Description: Judges 20:31
NET Translation: The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city, and began to smite of the people, slaying as at the former times, in the highways, of which one leads to Bethel and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
KJV Translation: And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, [and] were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, [and] kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
Description: Judges 20:32
NET Translation: Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads.”
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. And the children of Israel said, Let us flee, that we may draw them from the city to the highways.
KJV Translation: And 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.
Description: Judges 20:33
NET Translation: All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah.
DARBY Translation: And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-Tamar; and the ambush of Israel rushed forth out of their place, out of the meadows of Geba.
KJV Translation: And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, [even] out of the meadows of Gibeah.
Description: Judges 20:34
NET Translation: Then 10,000 men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, made a frontal assault against Gibeah; the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.
DARBY Translation: And there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they knew not that disaster was coming upon them.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Judges 20:35
NET Translation: The Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
KJV Translation: And 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.
Description: Judges 20:36
NET Translation: Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hidden in ambush outside Gibeah.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. And the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.
KJV Translation: So 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.
Description: Judges 20:37
NET Translation: The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.
DARBY Translation: And the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along, and smote the whole city with the edge of the sword.
KJV Translation: And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew [themselves] along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
Description: Judges 20:38
NET Translation: The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,
DARBY Translation: Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city.
KJV Translation: Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Description: Judges 20:39
NET Translation: the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”
DARBY Translation: And when the men of Israel turned back in the battle, Benjamin began to smite, slaying of the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they are quite routed before us as in the first battle.
KJV Translation: And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite [and] kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as [in] the first battle.
Description: Judges 20:40
NET Translation: But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.
DARBY Translation: And when the burning began to rise up out of the city as a pillar of smoke, Benjamin looked behind, and behold, the whole city ascended [in smoke] to the heavens.
KJV Translation: But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
Description: Judges 20:41
NET Translation: When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.
DARBY Translation: Then the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster was come upon them.
KJV Translation: And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Description: Judges 20:42
NET Translation: They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.
DARBY Translation: And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their midst.
KJV Translation: Therefore they turned [their backs] before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which [came] out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
Description: Judges 20:43
NET Translation: They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.
DARBY Translation: They encompassed the Benjaminites, chased them, trode them down at the resting-place over against Gibeah toward the sun-rising.
KJV Translation: [Thus] they inclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
Description: Judges 20:44
NET Translation: So 18,000 Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.
DARBY Translation: And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of valour.
KJV Translation: And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valour.
Description: Judges 20:45
NET Translation: The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught 5,000 of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
DARBY Translation: And they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
KJV Translation: And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
Description: Judges 20:46
NET Translation: That day 25,000 sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.
DARBY Translation: So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword: all these, men of valour.
KJV Translation: So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valour.
Description: Judges 20:47
NET Translation: But 600 survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.
DARBY Translation: And six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and abode at the cliff of Rimmon four months.
KJV Translation: But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
Description: Judges 20:48
NET Translation: The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city as the cattle, and all that was found; even all the cities that were found did they set on fire.
KJV Translation: And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of [every] city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Description: Judges 21:1
NET Translation: The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
DARBY Translation: Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to the Benjaminites as wife.
KJV Translation: Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Verse Intro: Wives Provided for Remaining Men of Benjamin
Description: Judges 21:2
NET Translation: So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
DARBY Translation: And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
KJV Translation: And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Description: Judges 21:3
NET Translation: They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel? An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”
DARBY Translation: and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, why is it come to pass in Israel, that there should be this day one tribe lacking in Israel?
KJV Translation: And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Description: Judges 21:4
NET Translation: The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
Description: Judges 21:5
NET Translation: The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to Jehovah? For they had [made] a great oath concerning him that came not up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall certainly be put to death.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel said, Who [is there] among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
Description: Judges 21:6
NET Translation: The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day is one tribe extirpated from Israel.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Description: Judges 21:7
NET Translation: How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
DARBY Translation: What shall we do for wives for them that remain? since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives.
KJV Translation: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
Description: Judges 21:8
NET Translation: So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.
DARBY Translation: And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpah to Jehovah? And behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-Gilead, to the congregation;
KJV Translation: And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
Description: Judges 21:9
NET Translation: When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.
DARBY Translation: for the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead there.
KJV Translation: For the people were numbered, and, behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
Description: Judges 21:10
NET Translation: So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead. They commanded them, “Go and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.
DARBY Translation: And the assembly sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, and the women and the children.
KJV Translation: And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
Description: Judges 21:11
NET Translation: Do this: Exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has experienced a man’s bed. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.
DARBY Translation: And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.
KJV Translation: And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Description: Judges 21:12
NET Translation: They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead 400 young girls who were virgins who had never been intimate with a man in bed. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
DARBY Translation: And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women that were virgins, who had known no man by lying with any male, and they brought them to the camp, to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
KJV Translation: And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
Description: Judges 21:13
NET Translation: The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.
DARBY Translation: And the whole assembly sent to speak to the children of Benjamin that were at the cliff of Rimmon, and to proclaim peace to them.
KJV Translation: And the whole congregation sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
Description: Judges 21:14
NET Translation: The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around.
DARBY Translation: And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them the wives whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead; but even so they found not enough for them.
KJV Translation: And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
Description: Judges 21:15
NET Translation: The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes.
DARBY Translation: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
KJV Translation: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Description: Judges 21:16
NET Translation: The leaders of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.
DARBY Translation: And the elders of the assembly said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.
KJV Translation: Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
Description: Judges 21:17
NET Translation: The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.
DARBY Translation: And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
KJV Translation: And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Description: Judges 21:18
NET Translation: But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying, ‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed.’
DARBY Translation: But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites!
KJV Translation: Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [be] he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Description: Judges 21:19
NET Translation: However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.”
DARBY Translation: And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, toward the sun-rising of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
KJV Translation: Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Description: Judges 21:20
NET Translation: So they commanded the Benjaminites, “Go hide in the vineyards,
DARBY Translation: And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
KJV Translation: Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Description: Judges 21:21
NET Translation: and keep your eyes open. When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.
DARBY Translation: and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
KJV Translation: And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Description: Judges 21:22
NET Translation: When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them, ‘Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”
DARBY Translation: And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Gratify us with them, because we did not take each man his wife in the war; for ye did not give them to them, that ye should now be guilty.
KJV Translation: And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.
Description: Judges 21:23
NET Translation: The Benjaminites did as instructed. They abducted 200 of the dancing girls to be their wives. They went home to their own territory, rebuilt their cities, and settled down.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
KJV Translation: And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
Description: Judges 21:24
NET Translation: Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
Description: Judges 21:25
NET Translation: In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
DARBY Translation: In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
KJV Translation: In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.
Keywords: Famine
Description: Ruth 1:1
NET Translation: During the time of the Judges, there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass in the days when the Judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
KJV Translation: Now it came to pass in the days when the Judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Verse Intro: Elimelech and Naomi's Family Moves to Moab
Keywords: Samuel
Description: 1 Samuel 8:1
NET Translation: In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as Judges over Israel.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons Judges over Israel.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons Judges over Israel.
Keywords: Firstborn, Name
Description: 1 Samuel 8:2
NET Translation: The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were Judges in Beer Sheba.
DARBY Translation: And the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they judged in Beer-sheba.
KJV Translation: Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] Judges in Beersheba.
Keywords: Rest, Time
Description: 2 Samuel 7:11
NET Translation: and during the time when I appointed Judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.
DARBY Translation: and since the time that I commanded Judges to be over my people Israel. And I have given thee rest from all thine enemies; and Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.
KJV Translation: And as since the time that I commanded Judges [to be] over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
Keywords: Passover
Description: 2 Kings 23:22
NET Translation: He issued this edict because a Passover like this had not been observed since the days of the Judges who led Israel; it was neglected for the entire period of the kings of Israel and Judah.
DARBY Translation: For there was not holden such a passover from the days of the Judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
KJV Translation: Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the Judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
Description: 1 Chronicles 17:6
NET Translation: Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
DARBY Translation: In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the Judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?
KJV Translation: Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the Judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
Keywords: Build, Time
Description: 1 Chronicles 17:10
NET Translation: and during the time when I appointed Judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. “‘“I declare to you that the Lord will build a dynastic house for you!
DARBY Translation: and since the days that I commanded Judges to be over my people Israel. And I will subdue all thine enemies; and I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.
KJV Translation: And since the time that I commanded Judges [to be] over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
Keywords: Work
Description: 1 Chronicles 23:4
NET Translation: David said, “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and Judges;
DARBY Translation: Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and Judges;
KJV Translation: Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and Judges:
Description: 1 Chronicles 26:29
NET Translation: As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple as officers and Judges over Israel.
DARBY Translation: Of the Jizharites, Chenaniah and his sons were over Israel, for the outward business for officers and Judges.
KJV Translation: Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business over Israel, for officers and Judges.
Keywords: Solomon
Description: 2 Chronicles 1:2
NET Translation: Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the Judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.
DARBY Translation: And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the Judges, and to all the princes of all Israel, the chief fathers;
KJV Translation: Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the Judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Description: 2 Chronicles 19:5
NET Translation: He appointed Judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
DARBY Translation: And he set Judges in the land throughout the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.
KJV Translation: And he set Judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
Keywords: Judge
Description: 2 Chronicles 19:6
NET Translation: He told the Judges, “Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
DARBY Translation: And he said to the Judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah, who will be with you in the matter of judgment.
KJV Translation: And said to the Judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.
Keywords: Ai, Rest
Description: Ezra 4:9
NET Translation: From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues—the Judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites),
DARBY Translation: Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
KJV Translation: Then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, [and] the Elamites,
Keywords: Judge, Wisdom
Description: Ezra 7:25
NET Translation: “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint Judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.
DARBY Translation: And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, set magistrates and Judges who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knows [them] not.
KJV Translation: And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thine hand, set magistrates and Judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know [them] not.
Keywords: Congregation, God, Wives, Wrath
Description: Ezra 10:14
NET Translation: Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its Judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter.”
DARBY Translation: Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the Judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.
KJV Translation: Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the Judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
Keywords: Earth, Hand
Description: Job 9:24
NET Translation: If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its Judges; if it is not he, then who is it?
DARBY Translation: The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its Judges. If not, who then is it?
KJV Translation: The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the Judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
Description: Job 12:17
NET Translation: He leads counselors away stripped and makes Judges into fools.
DARBY Translation: He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and Judges maketh he fools;
KJV Translation: He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the Judges fools.
Keywords: God
Description: Job 21:22
NET Translation: Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he Judges those that are on high?
DARBY Translation: Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.
KJV Translation: Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Description: Job 31:11
NET Translation: For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
DARBY Translation: For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the Judges:
KJV Translation: For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the Judges.
Keywords: Meat
Description: Job 36:31
NET Translation: It is by these that he Judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.
DARBY Translation: For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
KJV Translation: For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
Keywords: Wise
Description: Psalms 2:10
NET Translation: So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction.
DARBY Translation: And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye Judges of the earth.
KJV Translation: Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye Judges of the earth.
Keywords: Integrity, Judge
Description: Psalms 7:8
NET Translation: The Lord Judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.
KJV Translation: The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.
Keywords: Judge, Judgment, Minister
Description: Psalms 9:8
NET Translation: He Judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.
DARBY Translation: And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
KJV Translation: And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Keywords: Ear, Evil, Test
Description: Psalms 51:4
NET Translation: Against you—you above all—I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.
DARBY Translation: Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou Judgest.
KJV Translation: Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou Judgest.
Keywords: God, Man, Reward
Description: Psalms 58:11
NET Translation: Then observers will say, “Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded. Yes indeed, there is a God who Judges in the earth.”
DARBY Translation: And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
KJV Translation: So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Keywords: Heathen, Judge
Description: Psalms 96:10
NET Translation: Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! The world is established; it cannot be moved. He Judges the nations fairly.”
DARBY Translation: Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
KJV Translation: Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Keywords: Judge
Description: Psalms 96:13
NET Translation: before the Lord, for he comes. For he comes to judge the earth. He Judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.
DARBY Translation: Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
KJV Translation: Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Keywords: Judge
Description: Psalms 98:9
NET Translation: before the Lord. For he comes to judge the earth. He Judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.
DARBY Translation: Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
KJV Translation: Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Keywords: Ear
Description: Psalms 141:6
NET Translation: They will be thrown over the side of a cliff by their Judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
DARBY Translation: When their Judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
KJV Translation: When their Judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Description: Psalms 148:11
NET Translation: you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,
DARBY Translation: Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all Judges of the earth;
KJV Translation: Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all Judges of the earth:
Description: Proverbs 8:16
NET Translation: by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous Judges.
DARBY Translation: by me princes rule, and nobles, all the Judges of the earth.
KJV Translation: By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the Judges of the earth.
Keywords: King, Throne
Description: Proverbs 29:14
NET Translation: If a king Judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.
DARBY Translation: A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
KJV Translation: The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Keywords: Halt, Restore
Description: Isaiah 1:26
NET Translation: I will reestablish honest Judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, ‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”
DARBY Translation: and I will restore thy Judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city.
KJV Translation: And I will restore thy Judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Keywords: Man
Description: Isaiah 3:2
NET Translation: the mighty men and warriors, Judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,
DARBY Translation: the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
KJV Translation: The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Keywords: God, Sanctified
Description: Isaiah 5:16
NET Translation: The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted when he punishes, the holy God’s authority will be recognized when he Judges.
DARBY Translation: and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness.
KJV Translation: But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Keywords: Earth
Description: Isaiah 40:23
NET Translation: He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.
DARBY Translation: that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the Judges of the earth as vanity.
KJV Translation: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the Judges of the earth as vanity.
Keywords: God, Halt, Hand
Description: Isaiah 51:22
NET Translation: This is what your Sovereign Lord, even your God who Judges his people says: “Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it.
DARBY Translation: thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, and thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment, the goblet-cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
KJV Translation: Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God [that] pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, [even] the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Keywords: Fire, Sword
Description: Isaiah 66:16
NET Translation: For the Lord Judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many.
DARBY Translation: For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
KJV Translation: For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Keywords: Reins, Vengeance
Description: Jeremiah 11:20
NET Translation: So I said, “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
DARBY Translation: But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who Judgest righteously, who triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
KJV Translation: But, O LORD of hosts, that Judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Keywords: Controversy, Hallow, Judge, Statutes
Description: Ezekiel 44:24
NET Translation: “‘In a controversy they will act as Judges; they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe my Sabbaths.
DARBY Translation: And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
KJV Translation: And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; [and] they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
Keywords: Dedication, Image, King
Description: Daniel 3:2
NET Translation: Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, Judges, magistrates, and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he had erected.
DARBY Translation: And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the Judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
KJV Translation: Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the Judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Keywords: Dedication, Image, King
Description: Daniel 3:3
NET Translation: So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, Judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.
DARBY Translation: Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the Judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
KJV Translation: Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the Judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Keywords: Heaven
Description: Daniel 9:12
NET Translation: He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us—what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
DARBY Translation: And he hath performed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our Judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that there hath not been done under the whole heaven as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our Judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Description: Hosea 7:7
NET Translation: All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them call on me!
DARBY Translation: They are all hot as an oven, and devour their Judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
KJV Translation: They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their Judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.
Keywords: King, Save
Description: Hosea 13:10
NET Translation: Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying, “Give me a king and princes”?
DARBY Translation: Where then is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy Judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
KJV Translation: I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy Judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Keywords: Evil, Judge
Description: Micah 7:3
NET Translation: They are experts at doing evil; government officials and Judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish, and then they plan it out.
DARBY Translation: Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge [is there] for a reward; and the great [man] uttereth his soul's greed: and [together] they combine it.
KJV Translation: That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Keywords: Evening, Hin
Description: Zephaniah 3:3
NET Translation: Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
DARBY Translation: Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her Judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
KJV Translation: Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her Judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Keywords: Children
Description: Matthew 12:27
NET Translation: And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your Judges.
DARBY Translation: And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your Judges.
KJV Translation: “And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast” [them] “out? therefore they shall be your Judges.”
Description: Luke 11:19
NET Translation: Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your Judges.
DARBY Translation: But if *I* by Beelzebub cast out demons, your sons by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your Judges.
KJV Translation: “And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast” [them] “out? therefore shall they be your Judges.”
Keywords: Seek
Description: John 8:50
NET Translation: I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also Judges.
DARBY Translation: But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and Judges.
KJV Translation: “And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.”
Keywords: Judge
Description: John 12:48
NET Translation: The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.
DARBY Translation: He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who Judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.
KJV Translation: “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”
Keywords: Samuel
Description: Acts 13:20
NET Translation: All this took about 450 years. After this he gave them Judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
DARBY Translation: And after these things he gave [them] Judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hundred and fifty years.
KJV Translation: And after that he gave [unto them] Judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
Keywords: Art
Description: Romans 2:1
NET Translation: Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.
DARBY Translation: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one who Judgest, for in that in which thou Judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that Judgest doest the same things.
KJV Translation: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that Judgest: for wherein thou Judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that Judgest doest the same things.
Keywords: Escape, Halt, Judgment
Description: Romans 2:3
NET Translation: And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?
DARBY Translation: And thinkest thou this, O man, who Judgest those that do such things, and practisest them [thyself], that *thou* shalt escape the judgment of God?
KJV Translation: And thinkest thou this, O man, that Judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Keywords: Art, God, Master
Description: Romans 14:4
NET Translation: Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
DARBY Translation: Who art *thou* that Judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.
KJV Translation: Who art thou that Judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Keywords: Judge, Judgment
Description: Romans 14:10
NET Translation: But you who eat vegetables only—why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything—why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
DARBY Translation: But thou, why Judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.
KJV Translation: But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Description: 1 Corinthians 4:4
NET Translation: For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who Judges me is the Lord.
DARBY Translation: For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
KJV Translation: For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Keywords: God, Wicked
Description: 1 Corinthians 5:13
NET Translation: But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.
DARBY Translation: But those without God Judges. Remove the wicked person from amongst yourselves.
KJV Translation: But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
Keywords: Judge
Description: 1 Corinthians 6:4
NET Translation: So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as Judges those who have no standing in the church?
DARBY Translation: If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those [to judge] who are little esteemed in the assembly.
KJV Translation: If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
Keywords: Evil
Description: James 2:4
NET Translation: If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become Judges with evil motives?
DARBY Translation: have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become Judges having evil thoughts?
KJV Translation: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become Judges of evil thoughts?
Keywords: Art, Evil, Judge
Description: James 4:11
NET Translation: Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or Judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and Judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
DARBY Translation: Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or Judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and Judges [the] law. But if thou Judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.
KJV Translation: Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Keywords: Art, Save
Description: James 4:12
NET Translation: But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge—the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?
DARBY Translation: One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art *thou* who Judgest thy neighbour?
KJV Translation: There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that Judgest another?
Keywords: Ass, Time
Description: 1 Peter 1:17
NET Translation: And if you address as Father the one who impartially Judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.
DARBY Translation: And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, Judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,
KJV Translation: And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
Description: 1 Peter 2:23
NET Translation: When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who Judges justly.
DARBY Translation: who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who Judges righteously;
KJV Translation: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
Keywords: God
Description: Revelation 18:8
NET Translation: For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who Judges her is powerful!”
DARBY Translation: for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong [is the] Lord God who has judged her.
KJV Translation: Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.
Keywords: Called, Heaven, Judge
Description: Revelation 19:11
NET Translation: Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called “Faithful” and “True,” and with justice he Judges and goes to war.
DARBY Translation: And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, [called] Faithful and True, and he Judges and makes war in righteousness.
KJV Translation: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.