Judges 1:6
“But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbes, and his great toes.”
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Judges 1:6 Context
4And Iudah went vp, and the Lord deliuered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites, and the Perizzites. 6But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbes, and his great toes. 7And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore & ten kings, hauing their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meate vnder my table: as I haue done, so God hath requited mee, and they brought him to Ierusalem, and there he died. 8(Now the children of Iudah had fought against Ierusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the citie on fire)
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Other Translations for Judges 1:6
But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- King James Version
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.
- Basic English Bible
And Adoni-Bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- Darby Bible
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- Webster's Bible
But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- World English Bible
And Adoni-Bezek fleeth, and they pursue after him, and seize him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes,
- Youngs Literal Bible
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Judges 1:6
1:6 Great toes - And this they did, either by the direction of God, or upon notice of his former tyranny and cruelty.