Judges 20:43

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.”

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BSBPD

“They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“they have compassed the Benjamites--they have pursued them--with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 20:43 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.

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