Judges 20:42
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Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
In other translations
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
Hebrew words
וַיִּפְנוּvaiyifnuand they turnedH6437לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440אִישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶל־'el-toH413דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] way ofH1870הַמִּדְבָּרhamidbarthe wildernessH4057וְהַמִּלְחָמָהvehamilchamahand the battleH4421הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּhidbikatehuit overtook himH1692וַאֲשֶׁרva'asherand [those] whoH834מֵהֶעָרִיםmehe'arim[were] from the citiesH5892מַשְׁחִיתִיםmashchitim[were] destroyingH7843אוֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853בְּתוֹכוֹ׃betokhoin [the] midst of himH8432
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Joshua 8:24And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
- Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
- Hosea 10:9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?
- Lamentations 1:3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
- Joshua 8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
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