Judges 20:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I took{H270} my concubine,{H6370} and cut her in pieces,{H5408} and sent{H7971} her throughout all the country{H7704} of the inheritance{H5159} of Israel;{H3478} for they have committed{H6213} lewdness{H2154} and folly{H5039} in Israel.{H3478}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I took{H270}{(H8799)} my concubine{H6370}, and cut her in pieces{H5408}{(H8762)}, and sent{H7971}{(H8762)} her throughout all the country{H7704} of the inheritance{H5159} of Israel{H3478}: for they have committed{H6213}{(H8804)} lewdness{H2154} and folly{H5039} in Israel{H3478}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    then toke I my cocubyne, and cut her in peces, and sent the peces in to euery countre of the inheritaunce of Israel: for they haue done an abhominacion and folye in Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then I tooke my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the countrey of the inheritance of Israel: for they haue committed abomination and villenie in Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I toke my concubine, & cut her in peeces, and sent her throughout all the countrey of the inheritaunce of Israel: For they haue committed abhomination and villanie in Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 19:29 : 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.
  • Josh 7:15 : 15 The one caught with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has violated the Lord’s covenant and has done an outrageous thing in Israel.
  • Judg 19:23 : 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.
  • Gen 34:7 : 7 Now Jacob's sons had come in from the fields when they heard, and the men were grieved and very angry, because this outrageous act had been done in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter—something that should not be done.
  • Judg 20:10 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 13:12-13 : 12 She answered him, 'No, my brother! Don’t force me. Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this outrageous thing.' 13 What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And you would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not withhold me from you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 19:22-30
    9 verses
    86%

    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 20:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    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.

    5 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.

  • Judg 20:7
    78%

    7 Now, all you Israelites, give your verdict and advice here and now.

  • Judg 19:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    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 20:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Judg 20:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Ezek 23:10
    71%

    10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and they carried out judgment against her.

  • Deut 22:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman who were together must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

  • Judg 21:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand armed men with the command, 'Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the sword, including the women and children.'

    11 This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.

  • 2 Sam 16:22
    69%

    22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • Judg 19:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 13:13
    69%

    13 What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And you would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not withhold me from you.

  • Judg 20:31
    68%

    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.

  • Judg 11:36-38
    3 verses
    68%

    36 She said to him, 'My father, you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, since the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.'

    37 She also said to her father, 'Let me do this one thing: Allow me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends because I will never marry.'

    38 He said, 'Go,' and he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went to the hills and wept because she would never marry.

  • Hos 6:10
    68%

    10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There Ephraim acts like a prostitute; Israel is defiled.

  • Deut 22:14
    68%

    14 accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Deut 22:24
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 9:33
    67%

    33 He said, 'Throw her down!' So they threw her down, and some of her blood splattered on the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    67%

    3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the house and placed them in confinement, providing for them but no longer going to them. They remained confined like widows until the day of their death.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    67%

    7 There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • Ezek 16:20
    67%

    20 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to the idols as food. Was your prostitution not enough?

  • Deut 17:4
    67%

    4 and you are told about it and hear of it, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done in Israel,

  • Jer 11:15
    67%

    15 What right does my beloved have in my house, when she has done so many wicked schemes? Can consecrated meat remove your evil? Then you would exult!

  • Job 31:11
    67%

    11 For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.

  • Num 25:6
    67%

    6 Then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his family, in the sight of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • 1 Chr 19:4
    67%

    4 So Hanun took David's servants, shaved them, cut off their garments in the middle at their hips, and sent them away.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    67%

    7 This command was evil in the sight of God, so He struck Israel.

  • Jer 34:18
    67%

    18 The men who violated my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and walked between its pieces.

  • Judg 20:25
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 12:11
    67%

    11 This is what the Lord says: 'Look, I am going to bring disaster upon you from within your own household. I will take your wives before your very eyes and give them to someone close to you, who will sleep with them in broad daylight.

  • 2 Sam 10:4
    67%

    4 So Hanun seized David's servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, exposing their buttocks, and sent them away.

  • Mal 2:11
    66%

    11 Judah has been unfaithful, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.