Judges 12:6

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BSB

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

KJV

Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

WEB

then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.

ASV

then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

DARBY

Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce [it] rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

BLB

they would say to him, “Say, please, Shibboleth.” And he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce [it] correctly. And they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

ÅB

Da sa de til ham: Si sjibbolet! Men han sa sibbolet, for han kunne ikke uttale det riktig. Så grep de ham og slo ham ihjel ved Jordans vadesteder; og det falt dengang to og førti tusen av Efra'im.

OTB

sa de: «Vennligst si ‘Shibboleth.’» Hvis han sa «Sibboleth,» fordi han ikke kunne uttale det riktig, grep de ham og drepte ham ved vadestedene ved Jordan. På den tiden falt førtito tusen efraimitter.

B1930

Da sa de til ham: Si sjibbolet! Men han sa sibbolet, for han kunde ikke uttale det riktig. Så grep de ham og slo ham ihjel ved Jordans vadesteder; og det falt dengang to og firti tusen av Efra'im.

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