Numbers 31:7
New International Version
They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.

New Living Translation
They attacked Midian as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.

English Standard Version
They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every male.

Berean Standard Bible
Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

King James Bible
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

New King James Version
And they warred against the Midianites, just as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.

New American Standard Bible
So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

NASB 1995
So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

NASB 1977
So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

Legacy Standard Bible
So they made war against Midian, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

Amplified Bible
They made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

Christian Standard Bible
They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male.

American Standard Version
And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they were strengthened against Midian, as LORD JEHOVAH commanded Moshe, and they killed every male.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

Contemporary English Version
The Israelites fought against the Midianites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. They killed all the men,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.

English Revised Version
And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They went to war against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.

Good News Translation
They attacked Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed all the men,

International Standard Version
They fought against the Midianites just as the LORD had commanded Moses, killing every man.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

Literal Standard Version
And they war against Midian, as YHWH has commanded Moses, and slay every male;

Majority Standard Bible
Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

New American Bible
They waged war against the Midianites, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male.

NET Bible
They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

New Revised Standard Version
They did battle against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male.

New Heart English Bible
They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they killed every male.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

World English Bible
They fought against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses. They killed every male.

Young's Literal Translation
And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Vengeance on Midian
6And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling. 7Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. 8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:13
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.

Judges 21:11
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man."

1 Kings 11:15
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

1 Kings 11:16
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

Habakkuk 3:7
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.


Treasury of Scripture

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

all

Deuteronomy 20:13,14
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: …

Judges 21:11
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

1 Samuel 27:9
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

the male

Judges 6:1,2,33
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years…

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1. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain
13. Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive
19. How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified
25. The proportion in which the prey is to be divided
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(7) They slew all the males.--The reference appears to be to those who were engaged in the war. The words do not refer to the whole of the male population, as appears from Numbers 31:17; and it is probable that many of the Midianites who were not engaged in the war withdrew from the scene of conflict. The reference in this verse, unless the words are inserted proleptically, seems to be to the whole of the adult males who fell into the hands of the Israelites during the war.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then they waged war
וַֽיִּצְבְּאוּ֙ (way·yiṣ·bə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6633: To wage war, serve

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Midian,
מִדְיָ֔ן (miḏ·yān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had commanded
צִוָּ֥ה (ṣiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֑ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

and killed
וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ (way·ya·har·ḡū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

male.
זָכָֽר׃ (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male


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