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Judges Chapter 20 verse 37 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 20:37

And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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BBE Judges 20:37

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.
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DARBY Judges 20:37

And the men in ambush made haste and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; the men in ambush moved out and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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KJV Judges 20:37

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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WBT Judges 20:37

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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WEB Judges 20:37

The liers-in-wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
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YLT Judges 20:37

and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(37) Results of the ambuscade. (Comp. Joshua 8:15; Joshua 8:19-20.)Drew themselves along.--The marginal suggestion, made a long sound with the trumpet, is untenable (See Judges 4:6.)With The edge of the sword.--See Judges 1:8; Joshua 8:24. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe men in ambushוְהָאֹרֵ֣ב (wə·hā·’ō·rêḇ)Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 693: To lie in waitrushedוַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ (way·yip̄·šə·ṭū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raidsuddenlyהֵחִ֔ישׁוּ (hê·ḥî·šū)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 2363: To hurry, to be eager with excitement, enjoymentagainstאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toGibeah;הַגִּבְעָ֑ה (hag·giḇ·‘āh)Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1390: Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestinetheyהָאֹרֵ֔ב (hā·’ō·rêḇ)Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 693: To lie in waitadvancedוַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙ (way·yim·šōḵ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 4900: To draw, dragand putוַיַּ֥ךְ (way·yaḵ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5221: To strikethe wholeכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everycityהָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 5892: Excitementto the sword.חָֽרֶב׃ (ḥā·reḇ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, swordJump to PreviousAmbush Ambushers City Deployed Draweth Drew Edge Haste Hasted Hastened Hurried Itself Liers Mouth Moved Overrunning Push Rushed Rushing Smiteth Smote Spread Struck Sword Themselves Wait Watchers