Judges 21:11
“And this is the thing that yee shall doe, Yee shall vtterly destroy euery male, and euery woman that hath lien by man.”
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Judges 21:11 Context
9For the people were numbred, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead there. 10And the congregation sent thither twelue thousand men of the valiantest, and commaunded them, saying, Goe, and smite the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. 11And this is the thing that yee shall doe, Yee shall vtterly destroy euery male, and euery woman that hath lien by man. 12And they found among the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead, foure hundred yong virgins that had knowen no man, by lying with any male: and they brought them vnto the campe to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 13And the whole Congregation sent some to speake to the children of Beniamin that were in the rocke Rimmon, and to call peaceably vnto them.
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And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
- King James Version
"This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every man and every woman who has lain with a man."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
- Basic English Bible
And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.
- Darby Bible
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
- Webster's Bible
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man."
- World English Bible
And this [is] the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible