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 the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there. 10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 13And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

Judges 21:11 word by word

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

• 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 male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
• Deuteronomy 2:34And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

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