Judges 20:17
King James Version (KJV)
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
In context
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
Judges 20:17 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
- WEB World English Bible
- The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.