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


In Context

38 The men of Israel had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

39 and then the men of Israel would turn in the battle. The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the men of Israel (about thirty), and they said, "We are defeating them as in the first battle."

40 But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the smoke of the whole city going up into the sky.

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

42 So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the desert, but they could not escape the battle. And the men of Israel who came out of the towns cut them down there.

43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

Judges 20:41 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:41Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close 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.