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Judges 20:42 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of it.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    So they turned to the face of the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle overtook him, and who from the cities destroying him in the midst of him.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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