Judges 20:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

While we were there, the men of Gibeah attacked me. They surrounded the house during the night and intended to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night, and thought to have killed me; and my concubine they forced, that she is dead.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the men{H1167} of Gibeah{H1390} rose{H6965} against me, and beset{H5437} the house{H1004} round about{H5437} me by night;{H3915} me they thought{H1819} to have slain,{H2026} and my concubine{H6370} they forced,{H6031} and she is dead.{H4191}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the men{H1167} of Gibeah{H1390} rose{H6965}{(H8799)} against me, and beset{H5437} the house{H1004} round about{H5437}{(H8799)} upon me by night{H3915}, and thought{H1819}{(H8765)} to have slain{H2026}{(H8800)} me: and my concubine{H6370} have they forced{H6031}{(H8765)}, that she is dead{H4191}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    then the cytesins of Gibea gat them vp agaynst me, and compased me aboute in the house by night, and thoughte to slaye me, and defyled my cocubyne, so that she dyed:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the men of Gibeah arose against me, and beset the house round about vpon mee by night, thinking to haue slaine me, and haue forced my concubine that she is dead.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the men of Gibea rose against me, and beset the house rounde about vpon me by night, & thought to haue slayne me, and my concubyne haue they forced, that she is dead.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah -- and they go round the house against me by night -- me they thought to slay, and my concubine they have humbled, and she dieth;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They thought to have slain me, and they forced my concubine, and she is dead.

  • NET Bible® (New English 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 19:22 : 22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."
  • Judg 19:25-26 : 25 But the men refused to listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her outside to them. They raped her and abused her throughout the night until morning, and at dawn, they let her go. 26 At daybreak, the woman came and fell at the doorway of the man's house where her master was staying, and she lay there until it was light.
  • Ezek 22:10-11 : 10 In you, they have dishonored their fathers' nakedness; they have violated women during their impurity. 11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
  • Gen 19:4-8 : 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot and said, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have relations with them." 6 Lot went outside to meet them, closing the door behind him. 7 He said, "No, my brothers. Please, don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never been with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever seems good to you. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
  • Deut 22:24 : 24 then you shall bring both of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Judg 20:3-4
    2 verses
    88%

    3 The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"

    4 The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, "My concubine and I came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

  • Judg 20:6
    83%

    6 I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel because they committed a vile and disgraceful act in Israel.

  • Judg 19:22-30
    9 verses
    81%

    22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."

    23 The owner of the house went out to them and said, "No, my brothers, do not commit such an evil act. Since this man has come into my house, do not do this disgraceful act.

    24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out to you now, and you may abuse them and do to them whatever you think best. But do not commit this disgraceful act against this man.

    25 But the men refused to listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her outside to them. They raped her and abused her throughout the night until morning, and at dawn, they let her go.

    26 At daybreak, the woman came and fell at the doorway of the man's house where her master was staying, and she lay there until it was light.

    27 Her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went out to continue on his way. There was the woman, his concubine, lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.

    28 He said to her, "Get up, let us go." But there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man set out for home.

    29 When he reached his house, he took a knife and cut up his concubine limb by limb into twelve pieces and sent them throughout the territory of Israel.

    30 Everyone who saw it said, "Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen since the day the Israelites came up from the land of Egypt until now. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!"

  • Judg 20:30-32
    3 verses
    76%

    30 On the third day, the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites and took up their positions against Gibeah, as they had done before.

    31 The Benjaminites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as they had done before—about thirty men—in the open country, on the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.

    32 The Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."

  • Judg 20:34-37
    4 verses
    76%

    34 Ten thousand of Israel's finest men advanced against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was closing in on them.

    35 The LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites killed twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjaminites that day, all armed with swords.

    36 Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites had given ground to the Benjaminites because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.

    37 The men in ambush hurried and rushed upon Gibeah. They spread out and struck the entire city with the sword.

  • Judg 20:9-14
    6 verses
    75%

    9 This is what we will do to Gibeah: We will decide by casting lots.

    10 We will take ten men out of every hundred, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand across all the tribes of Israel. They will gather provisions for the army, so we can act against Gibeah in Benjamin for their disgraceful act in Israel.

    11 So all the men of Israel were united together as one man against the city.

    12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

    13 Now hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

    14 Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

  • Judg 19:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9 When the man, his concubine, and his servant arose to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Stay here tonight; the day is almost over. Spend the night here, and let your heart be content. You can rise early tomorrow and continue on your way home.”

    10 But the man was unwilling to stay the night. He got up and left, arriving near Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.

    11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and stay the night there.”

  • Judg 19:13-16
    4 verses
    73%

    13 He said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

    14 So they passed on and continued their journey. The sun set as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

    15 They turned aside there to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. When they went in, they sat in the town square, but no one took them into their house to spend the night.

    16 In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.

  • Judg 19:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 In those days, there was no king in Israel. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, and he took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

    2 But his concubine was unfaithful to him and left him, going to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.

  • Judg 20:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19 The next morning the Israelites got up and camped near Gibeah.

    20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjaminites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.

    21 The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

  • Judg 20:25
    72%

    25 On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

  • Judg 20:39
    72%

    39 When the Israelites turned in the battle, the Benjaminites had begun killing about thirty Israelites and thought, 'We are defeating them as in the first battle.'

  • Deut 22:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 then you shall bring both of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.

    25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and forces her and lies with her, only the man who has done this shall die.

  • Judg 20:41-43
    3 verses
    71%

    41 Then the Israelites turned on them, and the Benjaminites were terrified because they saw that disaster had overtaken them.

    42 They fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them.

    43 They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and overran them until they were opposite Gibeah on the east side.

  • Deut 22:27
    70%

    27 For he found her in the field, and though the betrothed young woman cried out for help, there was no one to rescue her.

  • Judg 21:16
    70%

    16 The elders of the assembly said, 'What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?'

  • Judg 20:45
    70%

    45 The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but the Israelites killed five thousand of them along the roads. They pursued them as far as Gidom and struck down another two thousand.

  • Deut 22:21
    70%

    21 then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Judg 20:48
    69%

    48 The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put the cities to the sword, including the people, livestock, and everything they found. They also set fire to all the cities they came upon.

  • Josh 2:5
    69%

    5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left, and I don’t know where they went. Pursue them quickly, and you might catch up with them!"