Judges 20:41 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 20:41

39 whereupon the men of Israel would turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun¹ to strike and kill about thirty of the men of Israel. For they said, “Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

40 But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites ^alooked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven.

41 And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.

42 Therefore they¹ turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst.

43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east.

44 And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.

45 Then¹ they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of ^aRimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.

Verse Comparison: Judges 20:41

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American Standard Version
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.

Amplified® Bible
When the men of Israel turned back again, the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 20:31)

Darby English Version
Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

Good News Bible
Then the Israelites turned around, and the Benjaminites were thrown into panic because they realized that they were about to be destroyed.

King James Version
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

New American Standard Bible
Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified; for they saw that disaster was close to them.

New International Version
Then the men of Israel turned on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come upon them.

New King James Version
And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin became terrified; for they saw that disaster had drawn close to them.

Revised Standard Version
Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

Young's Literal Translation
And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the evil hath stricken against them --

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