Judges 21:11 "This is what you are to do," they said. "Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin."

◄ Judges 21:11 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
"This is what you are to do," they said. "Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin."

English Standard Version
This is what you shall do: every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction.”

New American Standard Bible
"This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every man and every woman who has lain with a man."

King James Bible
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every female who has slept with a man."

International Standard Version
You're to completely destroy every man and every married woman."

American Standard Version
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.

Darby Bible Translation
This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy."

Young's Literal Translation
And this is the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly—This city lay within the territory of eastern Manasseh, about fifteen miles east of the Jordan, and was, according to Josephus, the capital of Gilead. The ban which the assembled tribes had pronounced at Mizpeh seemed to impose on them the necessity of punishing its inhabitants for not joining the crusade against Benjamin; and thus, with a view of repairing the consequences of one rash proceeding, they hurriedly rushed to the perpetration of another, though a smaller tragedy. But it appears (Jud 21:11) that, besides acting in fulfilment of their oath, the Israelites had the additional object by this raid of supplying wives to the Benjamite remnant. This shows the intemperate fury of the Israelites in the indiscriminate slaughter of the women and children.