Judges 20:30
28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
- KJV
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- WEB
- The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- ASV
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- DARBY
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at the other times.
- BLB
- And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and they arrayed against Gibeah as time upon time.
- ÅB
- Og Israels barn dro opp mot Benjamins barn den tredje dag og stilte seg opp bortimot Gibea, slik som de tidligere ganger.
- OTB
- På den tredje dagen gikk israelittene opp mot benjaminittene og tok opp posisjoner mot Gibea som før.
- B1930
- Og Israels barn drog op mot Benjamins barn den tredje dag og stilte sig op bortimot Gibea, likesom de tidligere ganger.