41Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.


In Context

38 Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city

39 the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill about thirty men of Israel; they said, |Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.|

40 But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.

41 Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

43 Cutting down the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gib'e-ah on the east.

Judges 20:41 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:41Then the men of Israel turned on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come upon them.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:41They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them; which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:41And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:41And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil had come upon them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:41The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:41And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the evil hath stricken against them —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:41And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come on them.