Judges 21:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the congregation sent there twelve thousand of their best men, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and the children.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the congregation{H5712} sent{H7971} thither twelve{H8147} thousand{H505} men{H376} of the valiantest,{H1121} and commanded{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Go{H3212} and smite{H5221} the inhabitants{H3427} of Jabesh-gilead{H3003} with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} with the women{H802} and the little ones.{H2945}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the congregation{H5712} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} thither twelve{H8147}{H6240} thousand{H505} men{H376} of the valiantest{H1121}{H2428}, and commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} and smite{H5221}{(H8689)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jabeshgilead{H3003}{H1568} with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}, with the women{H802} and the children{H2945}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then sent the congregacion twolue thousande men of armes thither, and commaunded them, and sayde: Go youre waye, and smite the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead with the swerde, the wemen also and the children,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore the Congregation sent thither twelue thousande men of the most valiant, and commaunded them, saying, Goe, and smite the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, both women, and children.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the congregation sent thyther twelue thousand men of the strongest, and commaunded them, saying: Go, and smyte the inhabitauntes of Iabes Gilead with the edge of the sworde, both women and children.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valour, and command them, saying, `Go -- and ye have smitten the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

  • NET Bible® (New English 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 5:23 : 23 Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
  • Judg 21:5 : 5 And the children of Israel said, Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD at Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 11:7 : 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territories of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whosoever does not come after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
  • 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
  • Deut 13:15 : 15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
  • Josh 7:24 : 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Judg 21:11-14
    4 verses
    86%

    11 And this is what you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.

    12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known a man by lying with any male; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

    13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably to them.

    14 And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them wives whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they did not suffice for them.

  • Judg 21:8-9
    2 verses
    81%

    8 And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there was no one from Jabesh Gilead in the camp to the assembly.

    9 For the people were counted, and, behold, none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.

  • Num 31:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

    18 But all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
    76%

    3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

  • Deut 20:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

    14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

  • Josh 6:21
    75%

    21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

  • Judg 20:21
    74%

    21 And the children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty-two thousand men.

  • Judg 20:25
    74%

    25 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.

  • 1 Sam 22:19
    73%

    19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  • Jer 18:21
    73%

    21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Judg 20:10
    73%

    10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly they have committed in Israel.

  • Judg 21:16
    73%

    16 Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

  • Judg 8:10
    73%

    10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the armies of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew sword.

  • Ezek 9:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity:

    6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.

  • 1 Sam 11:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

    9 And they said to the messengers that came, "Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help.'" And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.

    10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you."

  • Num 31:9
    72%

    9 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.

  • Deut 3:6
    72%

    6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

  • Deut 13:15
    72%

    15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  • Judg 20:35
    72%

    35 And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these drew the sword.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    72%

    11 When the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • Judg 20:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the worthless fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and remove evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not listen to their brothers, the children of Israel.

    14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

    15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men.

  • Num 31:7
    72%

    7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.

  • Judg 20:31
    71%

    31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 11:1
    71%

    1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."

  • Deut 21:10
    71%

    10 When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive,

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    71%

    5 And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword.

  • Exod 32:27
    71%

    27 He said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"

  • Deut 2:34
    71%

    34 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    71%

    7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

  • Judg 3:29
    71%

    29 And they killed of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all strong, and all men of valor; and not a man escaped.

  • Judg 11:32
    70%

    32 So Jephthah advanced towards the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

  • 1 Sam 11:3
    70%

    3 And the elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers throughout all the territory of Israel, and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you."

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    70%

    11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,