Judges 20:42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
KJV
et ad viam deserti ire cœperunt, illuc quoque eos adversariis persequentibus : sed et hi qui urbem succenderant, occurrerunt eis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπέβλεψαν ἐνώπιον υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς ὁδὸν τῆς ἐρήμου καὶ ἔφυγον· καὶ ἡ παράταξις ἔφθασεν ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων διέφθειρον αὐτοὺς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.
LXX
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.
ASV
וַ/יִּפְנ֞וּ לִ/פְנֵ֨י אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַ/מִּדְבָּ֔ר וְ/הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֖ה הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְ/הוּ וַ/אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵ/הֶ֣/עָרִ֔ים מַשְׁחִיתִ֥ים אוֹת֖/וֹ בְּ/תוֹכֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Josh 8:24 — And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword,