Judges 21:11
This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And this is what you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And this is the thing{H1697} that ye shall do:{H6213} ye shall utterly destroy{H2763} every male,{H2145} and every woman{H802} that hath lain{H4904} by man.{H3045}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And this is the thing{H1697} that ye shall do{H6213}{(H8799)}, Ye shall utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8686)} every male{H2145}, and every woman{H802} that hath lain{H4904} by man{H3045}{(H8802)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
but so that ye do after this maner: Se that ye damne all them that are males, and all the wemen that haue lyen with men.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And this is it that ye shall do: ye shall vtterly destroye all the males and all the women that haue lien by men.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And this is it that ye shall do: ye shall vtterly destroy all the males, and al the women that haue lyen by men.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Webster's Bible (1833)
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain by man.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And this `is' the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'
American Standard Version (1901)
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
American Standard Version (1901)
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
World English Bible (2000)
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man."
NET Bible® (New English 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.
Referenced Verses
- Num 31:17-18 : 17 Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man. 18 But you may keep alive for yourselves all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him.
- Deut 2:34 : 34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Judg 21:9-102 verses86%
9 When the people were counted, it was discovered that none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead were there.
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.'
- Num 31:17-182 verses85%
17 Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.
18 But you may keep alive for yourselves all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him.
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12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and had not been intimate with a man. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
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21 They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.
- Deut 20:13-175 verses79%
13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.
14 However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
15 This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.
16 But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.
17 Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'
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6 We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.
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34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.
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7 They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
- 74%
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?'
- Deut 22:21-222 verses74%
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.
- 74%
21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.
- Josh 11:11-122 verses73%
11 They struck down everyone in the city with the sword, completely destroying them. Not a single living thing was left, and Joshua burned Hazor with fire.
12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and their kings as well. He struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.
- Num 31:9-102 verses73%
9 The Israelites captured the women of Midian and their children, and they took all their livestock, all their goods, and all their wealth as plunder.
10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.
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2 Then Israel made a vow to the LORD, saying, 'If You indeed deliver this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their cities.'
- Deut 21:10-112 verses73%
10 When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take captives,
11 if you see among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.
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21 The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.
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2 and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy.
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15 And Moses said to them, 'Have you spared all the women?'
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14 The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they killed all the people with the sword, completely destroying them and leaving no survivors.
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21 At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.
- 72%
8 He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.
- 1 Kgs 11:15-162 verses71%
15 When David was in Edom and Joab, the commander of the army, went up to bury the dead, they killed every male in Edom.
16 Joab and all Israel remained there for six months until every male in Edom had been destroyed.
- Judg 21:21-222 verses71%
21 'Watch, and when the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dances, rush out from the vineyards and each of you seize a wife for yourself from the daughters of Shiloh. Then return to the land of Benjamin.'
22 'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."'
- Josh 10:39-402 verses71%
39 They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.
40 So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
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37 They captured it and struck it down with the edge of the sword, including its king, its villages, and every person in it. He left no survivors, just as he had done to Eglon. He utterly destroyed the city and everyone in it.
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19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, killing its men and women, children and infants, and also its oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
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4 And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.
- Josh 8:25-262 verses71%
25 On that day, twelve thousand men and women, all the people of Ai, fell.
26 Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he had stretched out the javelin until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
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27 Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man put his sword on his side. Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brother, your friend, and your neighbor.'"
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35 and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.
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16 When all the fighting men among the people had died and were gone,