Judges 12:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJudges 12:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לוֹ֩
אֱמָר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
נָ֨א
nâʼ
H4994
please
שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת
shibbôl
H7641
ear of grain
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
סִבֹּ֗לֶת
çibbôleth
H5451
ear of grain
וְלֹ֤א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָכִין֙
kûwn
H3559
to be established
לְדַבֵּ֣ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
כֵּ֔ן
kên
H3651
thus
וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ
ʼâchaz
H270
to grasp
אוֹת֔וֹ
ʼêth
H853
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וַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּ
shâchaṭ
H7819
to slaughter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מַעְבְּר֣וֹת
maʻăbâr
H4569
ford
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן
Yardên
H3383
Jordan
וַיִּפֹּ֞ל
nâphal
H5307
to fall
בָּעֵ֤ת
ʻêth
H6256
time
הַהִיא֙
hûwʼ
H1931
he
מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם
ʼEphrayim
H669
Ephraim
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
ʼarbâʻîym
H705
forty
וּשְׁנַ֖יִם
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
אָֽלֶף
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
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World English Bible Public Domain
then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
then they said to him, “Please say ‘Shibboleth.’” And he said “Sibboleth,” for he was not able to pronounce correctly. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And at that time 42,000 from Ephraim fell.
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