Judges 20:3
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
KJV
(Nec latuit filios Benjamin quod ascendissent filii Israël in Maspha.) Interrogatusque Levita, maritus mulieris interfectæ, quomodo tantum scelus perpetratum esset,
Vulgate
καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Βενιαμεὶν ὅτι ἀνέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Μασσηφά· καὶ ἐλθόντες εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ Λαλήσατε ποῦ ἐγένετο ἡ πονηρία αὕτη;
LXX
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?
ASV
וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן כִּֽי עָל֥וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַ/מִּצְפָּ֑ה וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דַּבְּר֕וּ אֵיכָ֥ה נִהְיְתָ֖ה הָ/רָעָ֥ה הַ/זֹּֽאת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Judg 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, s
- Luke 12:58 — When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the