Genesis 14:15 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which [is] at the left of Damascus;

English ASV

And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

English Amplified

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked and routed them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked and routed them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is to the left of Damascus.

English EASY 2024

During the night, Abram separated his men into two groups. Then they attacked Kedorlaomer and his men who had taken Lot. Those men ran away and Abram followed them as far as Hobah. Hobah is north of Damascus.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

That night he and his men made a surprise attack against the enemy. They defeated them and chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

There he divided his men into groups, attacked the enemy by night, and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus,

English God's Word - GW 1995

There he divided his men and attacked during the night from several directions. Kedorlaomer's army fled, but Abram chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And he and his servants deployed against them by night, attacked them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.

English KJV 1611

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

English LSB

And he divided his men against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

During the night he divided his men to attack them and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He and his party deployed against them at night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

During the night Abram separated his men into groups. They attacked the enemy and drove them away. They chased them north of Damascus as far as Hobah.

English NIV

During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

English NKJ 1982

He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

English NLT

There he divided his men and attacked during the night from several directions. Kedorlaomer's army fled, but Abram chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Then, during the night, Abram strategically divided his forces and defeated them. His forces attacked them and routed them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

He divided his men and attacked during the night from several directions, and pursued the fleeing army to Hobah, north of Damascus,

English Tyndale 1537

And set himself and his servants in array, and fell upon them by night, and smote them, and chased them away unto Hoba: which lieth on the left hand of Damasco,