Judges 20:40
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But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
In other translations
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
Hebrew words
וְהַמַּשְׂאֵתvehamas'etand the risingH4864הֵחֵלָּהhechelahit beganH2490לַעֲלוֹתla'alotto go upH5927מִן־min-fromH4480הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892עַמּוּד'amuda pillar ofH5982עָשָׁן'ashansmokeH6227וַיִּפֶןvaiyifenand it turnedH6437בִּנְיָמִןbinyaminBenjaminH1144אַחֲרָיו'acharavbehind itH310וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009עָלָה'alahit went upH5927כְלִיל־khelil-[the] entirety ofH3632הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892הַשָּׁמָיְמָה׃hashamayemahthe heavens towardsH8064
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Related verses
- Joshua 8:20And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
- Revelation 19:3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
- Joel 2:30And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Genesis 19:28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
- Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
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People and places
People: Benjamin