Numbers 31:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} took captive{H7617} the women{H802} of Midian{H4080} and their little ones;{H2945} and all their cattle,{H929} and all their flocks,{H4735} and all their goods,{H2428} they took for a prey.{H962}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} took all the women{H802} of Midian{H4080} captives{H7617}{(H8799)}, and their little ones{H2945}, and took the spoil{H962}{(H8804)} of all their cattle{H929}, and all their flocks{H4735}, and all their goods{H2428}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the childern of Israel toke all the wemen of Madian presoners and their childern and spoyled all their catell their substance and their goodes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And ye children of Israel toke the wemen of the Madianites presoners, & their childre: all their catell, all their substaunce, and all their goodes spoiled they,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the children of Israel toke all the women of Madian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattel, and all their flockes, and all their goodes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the children of Israel took [all] the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their livestock, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 31:15-16 : 15 And Moses said to them, 'Have you spared all the women?' 16 Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD.
  • Deut 20:14 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 28:5 : 5 Therefore, the LORD his God allowed him to fall into the hands of the king of Aram. They defeated him, took a great number of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who inflicted a heavy defeat on him.
  • 2 Chr 28:8-9 : 8 The Israelites took captive 200,000 people from their relatives—women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great amount of plunder and brought it to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them, "Because the LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hands. But you have slain them in a rage that has reached up to heaven. 10 And now you intend to enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:10-12
    3 verses
    84%

    10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.

    11 They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

    12 They brought the captives, the plunder, and the loot to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

  • Gen 34:28-29
    2 verses
    81%

    28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields.

    29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder.

  • Num 31:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7 They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

    8 Among the slain, they killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

  • Num 31:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2 Take vengeance on the Midianites for the people of Israel. Afterward, you will be gathered to your people.

    3 So Moses said to the people, 'Arm some of your men for battle, to go against Midian and execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.'

  • Deut 20:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Deut 3:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    7 But we kept all the livestock and the spoils of the cities for ourselves.

  • Num 31:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 30:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 The Amalekites had taken the women and everyone in the city captive, from the youngest to the oldest. They had not killed anyone but had taken them away as prisoners and gone on their way.

    3 When David and his men came to the city, they saw that it had been burned, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

  • Deut 2:34-35
    2 verses
    76%

    34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.

    35 Only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we took as spoil for ourselves.

  • 2 Chr 28:8
    75%

    8 The Israelites took captive 200,000 people from their relatives—women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great amount of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

  • Deut 21:10
    75%

    10 When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take captives,

  • Num 31:15
    75%

    15 And Moses said to them, 'Have you spared all the women?'

  • Judg 6:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

    1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.

    2 Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

    3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them.

    4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.

    5 For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it.

  • Num 25:17
    74%

    17 ‘Treat the Midianites as enemies and strike them down.

  • Num 31:53
    73%

    53 Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.

  • Num 31:32
    73%

    32 The remaining plunder, taken by the soldiers, included 675,000 sheep,

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    73%

    21 They took away their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people as captives.

  • Ps 83:9
    73%

    9 Even Assyria has joined them; they have strengthened the descendants of Lot. Selah.

  • Judg 21:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Josh 8:27
    73%

    27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He commanded Joshua.

  • Num 31:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 'Take a count of the plunder that was captured, both man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation.'

    27 'Divide the plunder between the warriors who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.'

  • Josh 11:14
    72%

    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.

  • Judg 7:23
    72%

    23 The men of Israel from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites.

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    72%

    20 David took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David’s spoil."

  • Neh 9:24
    72%

    24 Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

  • Num 25:6
    71%

    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.

  • Num 31:42
    71%

    42 From the half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses had separated from the men who fought in battle,

  • 1 Sam 17:53
    71%

    53 Then the Israelites returned from pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camps.