Judges 12:6

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.

Then said {H559} they unto him, Say {H559} now Shibboleth {H7641}: and he said {H559} Sibboleth {H5451}: for he could not frame {H3559} to pronounce {H1696} it right {H3559}. Then they took {H270} him, and slew {H7819} him at the passages {H4569} of Jordan {H3383}: and there fell {H5307} at that time {H6256} of the Ephraimites {H669} forty {H705} and two {H8147} thousand {H505}.

they would tell him to say "Shibbolet." If he said, "Sibbolet," because he could not make his mouth pronounce it right, they took hold of him and killed him on the spot at the Yarden crossing; at that time 42,000 men of Efrayim died.

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 27:12 (2 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

  • Galatians 5:15 (2 votes)

    But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

  • Mark 14:70 (2 votes)

    And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art [one] of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth [thereto].

  • Matthew 12:25 (2 votes)

    And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

  • Proverbs 18:19 (2 votes)

    ¶ A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

  • Psalms 69:2 (2 votes)

    I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  • Psalms 69:15 (2 votes)

    Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.