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Judges 20:17

And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

KJV

Virorum quoque Israël, absque filiis Benjamin, inventa sunt quadringenta millia educentium gladium, et paratorum ad pugnam.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπεσκέπησαν ἐκτὸς τοῦ Βενιαμεὶν τετρακόσιαι χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν ἑλκόντων ῥομφαίαν· πάντες οὗτοι ἄνδρες παρατάξεως.

LXX

And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

ASV

וְ/אִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ לְ/בַד֙ מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֔ן אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב כָּל זֶ֖ה אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Benjamin

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
בִנְיָמִ֔ן
bnymn
proper_noun · 167×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
שֹׁ֣לֵֽף
shlp
verb · 25×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Judg 8:10 — Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thou
  • Judg 20:2 — And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.