Judges 20:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the volume hath begun to go up from the city--a pillar of smoke--and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 20:40 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:28He 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.
- Joshua 8:20When 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.
- Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
- Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Revelation 19:3And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
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