Judges 20:38 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.”
Judges 20:38 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 20:38 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 20:38 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.”
Judges 20:38 — World English Bible
Judges 20:38 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.”
Judges 20:38 — American Standard Version
Judges 20:38 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush--their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.”
Judges 20:38 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 20:38 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city.”
Judges 20:38 — Darby Translation
Judges 20:38 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also the men of Israel had appoynted a certaine time with the ambushmentes, that they should make a great flame and smoke rise vp out of the citie.”
Judges 20:38 — Geneva Bible
Judges 20:38 in Context — Judges 20
36 Les fils de Benjamin regardaient comme battus les hommes d’Israël, qui cédaient du terrain à Benjamin et se reposaient sur l’embuscade qu’ils avaient placée contre Guibea.
37 Les gens en embuscade se jetèrent promptement sur Guibea, ils se portèrent en avant et frappèrent toute la ville du tranchant de l’épée.
38 Suivant un signal convenu avec les hommes d’Israël, ceux de l’embuscade devaient faire monter de la ville une épaisse fumée.
39 Les hommes d’Israël firent alors volte-face dans la bataille. Les Benjamites leur avaient tué déjà environ trente hommes, et ils disaient: Certainement les voilà battus devant nous comme dans le premier combat!
40 Cependant une épaisse colonne de fumée commençait à s’élever de la ville. Les Benjamites regardèrent derrière eux; et voici, de la ville entière les flammes montaient vers le ciel.
What Does Judges 20:38 Mean?
Judges 20:38 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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