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Judges 20:41

Benjamin

39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

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BSB
Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
KJV
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
WEB
The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that disaster had come on them.
ASV
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.
DARBY
Then the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster was come upon them.
BLB
And the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were alarmed, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.
ÅB
Da nå Israels menn vendte seg om, ble Benjamins menn forferdet, for de så at ulykken var like inn på dem.
OTB
Da vendte israelittene seg mot dem, og benjaminittene ble skremt fordi de innså at katastrofen hadde kommet over dem.
B1930
Da nu Israels menn vendte sig om, blev Benjamins menn forferdet, for de så at ulykken var like inn på dem.

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  • Luke 21:26

    Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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  • Luke 17:27–28

    They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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  • 2 Peter 2:12

    But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

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  • Revelation 6:15–17

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

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  • Exodus 15:9–10

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

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  • Isaiah 33:14

    The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

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  • Isaiah 13:8–9

    And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

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