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

9So they questioned the people, and there was no one there from Jabesh Gilead. 10The congregation sent 12,000 soldiers. They ordered them, “Go and kill the people of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and children. These are your directions: Claim every female who has gone to bed with a man, and claim every male. Claim them for the Lord by destroying them.” 12Among the people of Jabesh Gilead they found 400 unmarried women who had never gone to bed with a man. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan. 13Then the whole congregation sent messengers to the men of Benjamin at Rimmon Rock and offered them peace.

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 kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man.
• Deuteronomy 2:34At that time we captured all his cities and claimed them for God by destroying men, women, and children. There were 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
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• Discipline
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In the dictionaries

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