Judges 20:25 — Compare Translations

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

and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men -- to the earth; all these are drawing sword.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

And Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah against them the second day and felled to the ground the Israelites again, 18,000 men, all of whom were swordsmen.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah against them the second day and felled to the ground the Israelites again, 18,000 men, all of whom were swordsmen.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

That same day the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet them and slaughtered an additional eighteen thousand Israelites on the field; all were armed.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and again destroyed to the ground of the children of Israel eighteen thousand men: all these drew the sword.

English EASY 2024

This time, when the soldiers of Benjamin came out of Gibeah to attack them, they killed another 18,000 Israelite soldiers in the battle.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The army of Benjamin came out of the city of Gibeah to attack the army of Israel on the second day. This time, the army of Benjamin killed another 18,000 men from the army of Israel. All of the men in the army of Israel were trained soldiers.

And Benjamin went against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed 18,000 men of the people of Israel. All these were men who drew the sword.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

And for the second time the Benjaminites came out of Gibeah, and this time they killed eighteen thousand trained Israelite soldiers.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them. This time they slaughtered 18,000 men from Israel who were armed with swords.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

That same day the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet them and slaughtered an additional 18,000 Israelites on the field; all were armed men.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

And Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah the second day and destroyed to the ground again 18,000 men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And on the second day, the Benjamites went out from Gibeah to meet them and again struck eighteen thousand men down to the ground, every one of them armed.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah the second day and felled to the ground again 18,000 men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword.

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

once again the Benjaminites who came out of Gibeah against them felled eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them swordsmen.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The men of Benjamin came out from Gibeah to oppose them. That time they killed 18,000 more men of Israel. All of the men who died had been carrying swords.

English NIV

This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

English NKJ 1982

And Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah on the second day, and cut down to the ground eighteen thousand more of the children of Israel; all these drew the sword.

English NLT

but the men of Benjamin killed another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of whom were experienced with a sword.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Benjamin moved out against them from Gibeah the second day, and struck down eighteen thousand of the Israelites, all of them armed men.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When Benjamin marched out from Gibeah to engage them, they struck down another eighteen thousand Israelite swordsmen.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And Benjamin went against them out of Gibe-ah the second day, and felled to the ground eighteen thousand men of the people of Israel; all these were men who drew the sword.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And that day they lost another 18,000 men, all experienced swordsmen.

English Tyndale 1537

the children of Ben Jamin went against them out of Gabaah, the second day, and destroyed to the earth of the children of Israel once again eighteen thousand men that drew swords every man of them.