Judges 20:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand swordsmen, all of them fit for battle.

New Living Translation
Israel had 400,000 experienced soldiers armed with swords, not counting Benjamin’s warriors.

English Standard Version
And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered 400,000 men who drew the sword; all these were men of war.

Berean Study Bible
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.

New American Standard Bible
Then the men of Israel besides Benjamin were counted, four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

NASB 1995
Then the men of Israel besides Benjamin were numbered, 400,000 men who draw the sword; all these were men of war.

NASB 1977
Then the men of Israel besides Benjamin were numbered, 400,000 men who draw the sword; all these were men of war.

Amplified Bible
Then the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, assembled four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

Christian Standard Bible
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized four hundred thousand armed men, every one an experienced warrior.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, rallied 400,000 armed men, every one an experienced warrior.

Contemporary English Version
The other Israelite tribes organized their army and found they had 400,000 experienced soldiers.

Good News Translation
Not counting the tribe of Benjamin, the Israelites gathered 400,000 trained soldiers.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The men of Israel (Benjamin not included) totaled 400,000 soldiers armed with swords.

International Standard Version
But the Israeli army—not counting the tribe of Benjamin—numbered 400,000 expert swordsmen, all of them battle-hardened soldiers.

NET Bible
The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

New King James Version
Now besides Benjamin, the men of Israel numbered four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

King James 2000 Bible
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

New Heart English Bible
The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.

World English Bible
The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.

American King James Version
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

American Standard Version
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

A Faithful Version
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of war.

Darby Bible Translation
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

English Revised Version
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Also the men of Israel, beside Beniamin, were nombred foure hundreth thousande men that drew sword, euen all men of warre.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the children of Israel beside Beniamin, were numbred foure hundred thousand men that drewe swordes, and were all men of warre.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But the men of Israel, beside them of BeIamin, were nobred foure hudreth thousande, which drue the swerde, & were all men of armes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

Young's Literal Translation
And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the men of Israel were reviewed, beside Benjamin, four hundred thousand men drawing sword: all these men of war.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then too, among the men of Israel apart from the sons of Benjamin, there were found four hundred thousand who drew the sword and who were prepared for battle.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the men of Israel were numbered apart from the sons of Benjamin, four hundred thousand men drawing a sword, all men, workers of war

Lamsa Bible
And the men of Israel, as compared with the Benjamites, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the men of Israel, exclusive of Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.
















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