Judges 12:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.”
Judges 12:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 12:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 12:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.”
Judges 12:6 — World English Bible
Judges 12:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.”
Judges 12:6 — American Standard Version
Judges 12:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, `Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right--and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.”
Judges 12:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 12:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce [it] rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.”
Judges 12:6 — Darby Translation
Judges 12:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then said they vnto him, Say nowe Shibboleth: and he said, Sibboleth: for he could not so pronounce: then they tooke him, and slewe him at the passages of Iorden: and there fel at that time of the Ephraimites two and fourtie thousand.”
Judges 12:6 — Geneva Bible
Judges 12:6 in Context — Judges 12
4 Y juntando Jephté á todos los varones de Galaad, peleó contra Ephraim; y los de Galaad hirieron á Ephraim, porque habían dicho: Vosotros sois fugitivos de Ephraim, vosotros sois Galaaditas entre Ephraim y Manasés.
5 Y los Galaaditas tomaron los vados del Jordán á Ephraim; y era que, cuando alguno de los de Ephraim que había huído, decía, ¿pasaré? los de Galaad le preguntaban: ¿Eres tú Ephrateo? Si él respondía, No;
6 Entonces le decían: Ahora pues, di, Shiboleth. Y él decía, Siboleth; porque no podía pronunciar de aquella suerte. Entonces le echaban mano, y le degollaban junto á los vados del Jordán. Y murieron entonces de los de Ephraim cuarenta y dos mil.
7 Y Jephté juzgó á Israel seis años: luego murió Jephté Galaadita, y fué sepultado en [una de] las ciudades de Galaad.
8 Después de él juzgó á Israel Ibzan de Beth-lehem;
What Does Judges 12:6 Mean?
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