Judges 20:38

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

In context

36 Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

37 The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

38 The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

39 the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

40 But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

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Judges 20:38 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
KJV King James Version: Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
WEB World English Bible: Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
ASV American Standard Version: Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush — their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.
DBY Darby Translation: Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city.
WBS Webster Bible: Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise from the city.