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

9When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there. 10So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead. They commanded them, “Go and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children. Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed. 12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins – they had never had sexual relations with a male. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. 13The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.

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 31:17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.
• Deuteronomy 2:34At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even 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