Judges 21:11

Judges 21:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is what you shall do: every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the thing that you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has known a man intimately.”

Context of Judges 21:11

9For when the roll was called, no men were there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead. 10The congregation sent twelve thousand brave warriors there and commanded them, “Go and kill the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including women and dependents. This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every woman who has gone to bed with a man.” 12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not been intimate with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. 13The whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjaminites who were at Rimmon Rock.

Judges 21:11 word by word

וְזֶ֥ה הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ כָּל־זָכָ֗ר וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֛ה יֹדַ֥עַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָ֖ר תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• that ye shall doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Ye shall utterly destroyחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
• every maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• and every womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• that hath lainמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
• by manיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Judges 21:11

• Numbers 31:17So now, kill every male among the dependents and kill every woman who has gone to bed with a man,
• Deuteronomy 2:34At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.

Commentaries on Judges 21:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Ye shall utterly destroy - More exactly, “Ye shall devote to utter destruction,” or “cherem” (Leviticus 27:28 note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Devote to destruction: See Leviticus 27:28–29.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152-5. the people came to the house of God, ... and lifted up their voices, and wept sore--The characteristic fickleness of the Israelites was not long in being displayed; for scarcely had they cooled from the fierceness of their sanguinary vengeance, than they began to relent and rushed to the opposite extreme of self-accusation and grief at the desolation which their impetuous zeal had produced. Their victory saddened and humbled them. Their feelings on…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 21:11

• Armies
• Captive
• Discipline
• Jabesh-Gilead
• Rashness

In the dictionaries

• JabeshGilead
• Spring
• Wolf
• Israel, History of
• Jabesh-Gilead
• Judges, Book of
• Judges, Period of
• Jabesh

Commentaries on Judges 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary