Judges 1:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.”

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BSBPD

“As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Adoni-Bezek fleeth, and they pursue after him, and seize him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 1:6 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:26Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
  2. Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
  3. Joshua 15:16And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
  4. Esther 8:12The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
  5. Psalms 59:11Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
  6. Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
  7. Psalms 149:8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
  8. Jeremiah 34:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  9. Jeremiah 50:15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.

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